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Scott Number: R1c Collection Reference No. for Communications: 3631

Denomination/Type: 1c Express, red, perforated

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 1.50

Estimated Retail Value: $ 75.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Circle

Cancel Color: Black

Cancel Date: June 20, 1864

Cancel or Company Type: Manufacturer or Industrial Trade

Company: Samuel N. Pike

City: Cincinnati

State: Ohio

Promissory note from Samuel N. Pike, builder of opera houses, made out to himself. Document has a vignette of an opera house. The tax appears to have been underpaid by 3 cents.

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