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Scott Number: R168 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5487

Denomination/Type: 10c dark brown, rouletted 5.5

Estimated Retail Value: $ 15.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Multiple Line

Cancel Color: Magenta/Purple

Cancel Date: September 28, 1899

Cancel or Company Type: Bank, Banker, or Broker

Company: The Bank of Charleson

City: Cleveland

State: Tennessee

Block of 4 of the 10-cent battleship documentary plus a 2-cent battleship featuring a fancy bold multiline handstamp cancel, paying the tax on an 1899 promissory note.

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