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Scott Number: RB24 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5364

Denomination/Type: Proprietary: 1c dark green, watermark 191R, rouletted 5-1/2

Estimated Retail Value: $ 50.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Circle

Cancel Color: Magenta/Purple

Cancel Date: July 28, 1898

Cancel or Company Type: Insurance Company or Agent

Company: New Jersey Plate Glass Insurance Co.

City: Newark

State: New Jersey

1-cent proprietary battleship revenue stamp used illegally as a documentary, along with an R155 2-cent provisional overprint, paying 3 cents tax on an attractive 1898 insurance policy premium receipt.

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