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Scott Number: R148 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 1920

Denomination/Type: $5 vermilion and black

2023 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 50.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 50.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript - Doodle

Cancel Date: September 07, 1872

Cancel or Company Type: Unknown

Company: C. Cadwallader

This is what happens when clerks got bored in the 1870s. Apparently done by the very same clerk who did this one.

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