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Scott Number: R6c Collection Reference No. for Communications: 2341

Denomination/Type: 2c Bank Check, orange, perforated

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 0.45

Estimated Retail Value: $ 150.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Date: October 04, 1862

Cancel or Company Type: Law Firm, or Federal, State or Local Government

Company: George Opdyke, Mayor

City: New York

State: New York

An extremely early usage (the first day of the tax was October 1, 1862). Cut cancel goes through the stamp, but the actual stamp itself is incidental to the document.

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