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Scott Number: R317 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5573

Estimated Retail Value: $ 75.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Other

Cancel Date: December 25, 1943

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

Company: USPS

City: Peoria

State: Illinois

1941 10-cent documentary used illegally as postage on an oversized 1943 special delivery cover, caught and 10-cents postage due assessed. A scarce mid-20th century in-period usage.

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