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Scott Number: R107b Collection Reference No. for Communications: 4558

Denomination/Type: 5c blue and black, half used as 2c on document

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $1000.00

Estimated Retail Value: $1000.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Color: Magenta/Purple

Cancel Date: February 17, 1873

Cancel or Company Type: Merchant

Company: Froney & Bruning

City: Pemberville

State: Ohio

1991 Philatelic Foundation certificate. Dry goods merchant. Until May 2018, the only reported example of R107b. A second example has now been discovered from the same company, containing the other half of this stamp. An image of the two bisect halves superimposed and aligned can be seen here.

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