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Scott Number: RB27 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 4948

Denomination/Type: Proprietary: 2c violet brown, watermark 191R, rouletted 5-1/2

Estimated Retail Value: $ 40.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Other

Cancel Color: Black

Cancel Date: December 29, 1898

Cancel or Company Type: Law firm or Federal, State, or Local Government Entity

Company: USPS

City: Decraff

State: Minnesota

2-cent Proprietary battleship revenue used illegally as postage on an 1898 RPO cover.

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