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Scott Number: R164p Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5201

Denomination/Type: 2c carmine rose, hyphen hole-perf. 7

Estimated Retail Value: $ 20.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Design/Symbol

Cancel Color: Black

Cancel Date: September 17, 1898

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

Company: USPS

City: Boston

State: Massachusetts

2-cent battleship documentary used illegaly as postage on a cover addressed to a passenger on the Chicago Great Western Railway. Unfortunately reduced at bottom.

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