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Scott Number: 113 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 4855

Denomination/Type: 2c Post Horse and Rider, brown, perf. 12, G grill

2025 Scott Catalog Value: $1430.00

Estimated Retail Value: $1250.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Date: January 01, 1872

Cancel or Company Type: Unknown

City: East Middlebury

State: Vermont

Block of 4 and a single, used illegally as revenue stamps, paying 10-cents tax on a January 1, 1872 promissory note. Used blocks of #113 are incredibly scarce, considerably more so than mint blocks. To my knowledge, this is the only reported revenue usage of a #113 block.

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