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Scott Number: RB27 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5471

Denomination/Type: Proprietary: 2c violet brown, watermark 191R, rouletted 5-1/2

Estimated Retail Value: $ 75.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Date: October 10, 1898

Cancel or Company Type: Unknown

Company: Jonestown Bank

City: Jonestown

State: Pennsylvania

2-cent Proprietary battleship used improperaly as a documentary on a bank check, caught by the receiving bank when deposited and a precanceled 2-cent Documentary battleship affixed over the original. See matching bank cancel on the reverse.

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