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Scott Number: R85a Collection Reference No. for Communications: 1592

Denomination/Type: $3 Charter Party, green, imperforate

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 250.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 190.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Circle

Cancel Color: Black

Cancel Date: September 13, 1867

Cancel or Company Type: Steamship, Shipping, or Maritime

Company: Koopmanschap & Co.

City: San Francisco

State: California

Dutch company that ran ships transporting passengers and goods bwtween California and Hong Kong. THis stamp is one of the 'California late uses'; 1867 is far later than would be expected for a genuine imperf... other than the west coast.

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