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Scott Number: 286 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5338

Denomination/Type: 2c Trans-Mississippi, copper red, perf. 12

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 2.75

Estimated Retail Value: $ 120.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Date: August 15, 1898

Cancel or Company Type: Manufacturer or Industrial Trade

Company: McCormick Harvesting Machine Co.

City: Scottville

State: Michigan

2-cent Trans-Mississippi used illegally as a revenue stamp on an August 1898 promissory note.

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