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Scott Number: R112 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5091

Denomination/Type: 25c blue and black

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 1.50

Estimated Retail Value: $ 50.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Date: August 07, 1872

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

Company: Notary Public

City: Defiance

State: Ohio

Promissory note from Addy, Hull & Co., manufacturer of pig iron, and attached protest for nonpayment. The protest document has an R112 with soubled perforations, which are genuine, as opposed to diagonal 'freak' perfs which are dealer concoctions.

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