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Scott Number: R107b Collection Reference No. for Communications: 4896 Denomination/Type: 5c blue and black, half used as 2c on document 2023 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 12, 1873 Cancel or Company Type: Merchant Company: Froney & Bruning City: Pemberville State: Ohio Dry goods merchant. A new discovery as of May 2018, only the second reported example of R107b. The other known example is from the same company, containing the other half of this stamp. Ex-Hiram Deats. Given to a family acquaintance shortly before his death in 1963, this item has been off the market for well over half a century. An image of the two bisect halves superimposed and aligned can be seen here. If you have any information or comments about this cancel or stamp, please email me. |