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Scott Number: R11c Collection Reference No. for Communications: 2918

Denomination/Type: 2c Playing Cards, blue, perforated

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 4.50

Estimated Retail Value: $ 50.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Stencil

Cancel Color: Black

Cancel or Company Type: Photographer

Company: P. A. Stout

City: Pittsburgh

State: Pennsylvania

Elaborate stencil that served double duty as a backstamp and as stamp cancel. See this stamp for an example of the same stencil used as a backstamp. Ex-Baryla, from his award winning Civil War Sun Tax exhibit.

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