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Scott Number: R155 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5837

Denomination/Type: 2c pink Washington, type III, blue large I.R. overprint, perf. 12

Estimated Retail Value: $ 25.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Other

Cancel Color: Black

Cancel Date: July , 1898

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

Company: USPS

City: Bangor

State: Maine

Improper use of a provisional overprint on a machine-canceled cover from July 1898.

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