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Scott Number: RG1 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 4798

Denomination/Type: Silver Tax, 1c carmine rose, watermark 191R, perf. 11

Estimated Retail Value: $ 75.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Oval

Cancel Color: Magenta/Purple

Cancel Date: May 21, 1935

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

Company: Office of the Collector of Internal Revenue

Silver Tax Form 2 indicating no profit on the transaction, and thus no tax due, yet 1 cent was required to be paid and a 1-cent silver tax stamp was affixed, in order to process the form. Unusual.

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