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Scott Number: R28c Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5797

Denomination/Type: 5c Playing Cards, red, perforated

2025 Scott Catalog Value: $ 120.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 250.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Oval

Cancel Color: Black

Cancel Date: March 16, 1865

Cancel or Company Type: Oil, Gas, Steam, or Power

Company: Erie Oil Company

City: Erie

State: Pennsylvania

Unusual combination of stamps paying the 25 cent tax on this oil company stock certificate: a 20-cent Foreign Exchange, the scarcer of the two 20-cent denominations, not frequently seen on document, and a 5-cent Playing Cards, which was not supposed to be used for documentary purposes, so this constitutes an improper usage.

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