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Scott Number: R25c Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5773

Denomination/Type: 5c Express, red, perforated

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 0.40

Estimated Retail Value: $ 150.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Embossed

Cancel Date: March 14, 1865

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

Company: John H. Smith, Auditor

City: Versailles

State: Indiana

Interesting and unusual $50 war bond issued by the treasurer of Ripley County, Indiana with 5-cent Express tied by embossed cancel. Issued less than a month before the end of the Civil War.

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