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Scott Number: 273 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 3868

Denomination/Type: 10c Webster, green, watermark 191, perf. 12

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 2.25

Estimated Retail Value: $1000.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Circle

Cancel Color: Magenta/Purple

Cancel Date: July 02, 1898

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

Company: St. Clair County Clerk

City: Port Huron

State: Michigan

A superb illegal usage! Block of 4 and a single of Scott #273, the 10-cent Daniel Webster green, used illegally as revenues, along with a 50-cent battleship, paying $1.00 tax on a Michigan surety bond, canceled July 2, 1898, the second day of the tax. Ex-Curtis.

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