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Scott Number: R201 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5819

Denomination/Type: 10c rose, watermark 190, perf. 10

Estimated Retail Value: $ 200.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Multiple Line

Cancel Color: Magenta/Purple

Cancel Date: August 22, 1916

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

Company: Five Civilized Tribes

City: Muskogee (Creek) Nation

State: Oklahoma

Very unusual document, a photostat of a 1902 homestead deed from the Muskogee (Creek) Nation, Indian Territory, filed with the department of Interior on August 22, 1916, with a handstamp cancel from the 'Five Civilized Tribes'.

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