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Scott Number: R88a Collection Reference No. for Communications: 4135

Denomination/Type: $5 Charter Party, red, imperforate

2025 Scott Catalog Value: $ 425.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 350.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Single Line

Cancel Color: Blue

Cancel or Company Type: Steamship, Shipping, or Maritime

Company: Pacific Mail Steamship Co.

City: New York

State: New York

Top frame line doubled. Very rare single-line handstamp from the steamship GREAT REPUBLIC. This cancel is much more scarce than the one usually found on R88a, from the ship AMERICA.

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