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Scott Number: R164 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5772

Denomination/Type: 2c carmine rose, rouletted 5.5

Estimated Retail Value: $ 30.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Multiple Line

Cancel Color: Magenta/Purple

Cancel Date: November 27, 1899

Cancel or Company Type: Manufacturer or Industrial Trade

Company: Pleasant Valley Wine Co.

City: Rheims, Steuben County

State: New York

2-cent battleship with multiline handstamp cancel on 1899 draft, with slogan 'Producers of Great Western Champagne' at top, and engraving of a wine bottle on the reverse, very unusual.

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