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Scott Number: 279B Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5343

Denomination/Type: 2c Washington, red, type IV, watermark 191, perf. 12

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 0.40

Estimated Retail Value: $ 250.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Date: September 20, 1898

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

Company: H. Van de Bogart, Deputy Register in Chancery

City: Lapeer

State: Michigan

A horizontal strip of 5 2-cent Washington postage stamps illegally paying 10 cents tax on an 1898 divorce decree.

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