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Scott Number: R83a Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5894

Denomination/Type: $2 Probate of Will, red, imperforate

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $5500.00

Estimated Retail Value: $3250.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Manuscript

Cancel Date: February 27, 1864

Cancel or Company Type: Manufacturer or Industrial Trade

Company: H. L. Aldrich

City: Providence

State: Rhode Island

H.L. Aldrich was a cotton mill owner. R83a usedon document, along with an R42c and R5c. The manuscript cancel is very bold and crisp. The design is cut in at lower left, but the adjoining stamp with the missing portion is on this sibling document. The two stamps prove one another genuine. See composite image.

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