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Scott Number: RB23 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5822

Denomination/Type: Proprietary: 5/8c deep ultra, watermark 191R, rouletted 5-1/2

Estimated Retail Value: $ 100.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Date: August 23, 1898

Cancel or Company Type: Unknown

Company: The Eugene Loan & Savings Bank

City: Eugene

State: Oregon

Three proprietary battleship revenue stamps (Scott # RB20, RB21, and RB23) used improperly as documentaries, along with Scott #R154, 1-cent Franklin provisional overprint, paying the 2 cents tax on an August 1898 check from Eugene, Oregon. A very coloful combination of stamps, with the 3 proprietary battleship revenues adding up to the missing 1 cent in total.

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