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Scott Number: RNP5 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5842

Denomination/Type: Revenue stamped paper, Lincoln Type P, 5c orange

2025 Scott Catalog Value: $ 45.00

Estimated Retail Value: $1500.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Punch

Cancel Date: July 29, 1868

Cancel or Company Type: Bank, Banker, or Broker

Company: Pawners Bank

City: Boston

State: Massachusetts

Extremely rare document, with only 2-3 examples known. Pawn tickets, like baggage tickets, railway passes, steamship passes, etc., where extremely ephemeral. Once the immediate task at hand was completed, there was no reason to retain the document any longer, so virtually none were saved... unlike financial transactional documents (e.g., checks, deeds, stock certificates) or legal documents, where medium- to long-term filing and storage was required, so more survived.

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