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Scott Number: 65 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 4541

Denomination/Type: 3c Washington, rose, perf. 12

2023 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 3.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 175.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Circle

Cancel Color: Black

Cancel Date: January 20, 1866

Cancel or Company Type: Merchant

Company: Pecker, Brickett & Page

City: Boston

State: Massachusetts

Attractive illegal use of 3-cent George Washington (Scott #65) postage stamp with a socked-on-the-nose handstamp cancel. Very unusual in that the vast majority of illegal usages were manuscript canceled (smaller companies in remote locations unlikely to be able to afford handstamps).

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