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Scott Number: R3c Collection Reference No. for Communications: 2889

Denomination/Type: 1c Proprietary, red, perforated

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 0.50

Estimated Retail Value: $ 50.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Stencil

Cancel or Company Type: Photographer

Company: N. H. Tuck

City: Aurora

State: Indiana

The manuscript cancels are pretty mundane. Of greater interest is the stencil backstamp. I do not know if it was ever used as a stamp cancel. Ex-Baryla.

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