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Scott Number: R165p Collection Reference No. for Communications: 4435

Denomination/Type: 3c dark blue, hyphen hole-perf. 7

Estimated Retail Value: $ 150.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Ornate/Complex

Cancel Color: Red

Cancel Date: June 25, 1901

Cancel or Company Type: Bank, Banker, or Broker

Company: Worcester National Bank

City: Worcester

State: Massachusetts

Irregular block of 19 of the 3-cent battleship revenue stamp with hyphen-hole perforations on a 1901 promissory note. Per the Curtis Census, this is far and away the largest reported multiple of R165p, with the second largest multiple being a block of 6.

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