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Scott Number: RU4a Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5841

Estimated Retail Value: $ 250.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Date: April 06, 1869

Cancel or Company Type: Unknown

City: Mann's Choice

State: Pennsylvania

5-cent Andrew Dougherty proprietary playing card stamp used improperly as a documentary on an 1869 one-day promissory note, tied by manuscript cancel in the same hand that wrote the note. The manuscript cancel is 'TK AP 6 1869', the unusual month abbreviation matching that used at upper right. 5 cents was the correct tax rate for this transaction. Very rare use.

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