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Scott Number: R30c Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5688

Denomination/Type: 6c Inland Exchange, orange, perforated

2025 Scott Catalog Value: $ 39.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 80.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Date: June 01, 1866

Cancel or Company Type: Unknown

State: Iowa

Unusual 'wallpaper' of overlapping R30c and R20c on an 1866 Iowa real estate indenture. Such ovelapping of revenue stamps was nominally illegal, but typically permitted. Eleven R30c + five R20c + 2 R1c paying 88 cents tax.

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