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Scott Number: R18c Collection Reference No. for Communications: 1986

Denomination/Type: 3c Proprietary, green, perforated

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 9.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 100.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Oval

Cancel Color: Black

Cancel Date: January 25, 1865

Cancel or Company Type: Photographer

Company: A.K. Josselyn

City: Gallop's Island

State: Massachusetts

Gallop's Island is an island in the Boston Harbor, now uninhabited. During the Civil War it was the home of a military training and mustering out camp housing 3,000 Union soldiers.

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