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Scott Number: 294 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5933

Denomination/Type: 1c Pan American, green & black, perf. 12

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 3.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 500.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Oval

Cancel Color: Magenta/Purple

Cancel Date: June 29, 1901

Cancel or Company Type: Manufacturer or Industrial Trade

Company: The Forest City Stone Co.

City: Cleveland

State: Ohio

An incredibly rare document. 1-cent Pan American Exposition used improperly as a revenue stamp, along with a 1-cent battleship documentary. The window between the issue of the Pan American Exposition stamps and the end of the check tax was only 61 days. The June 29, 2901 date is the day before the last day of tax. By this point in the tax period, stock of revenue stamps was typically not a problem (the vast majority of improper use documents occur in 1898 during the first few months of the tax). The population of known documents with Pan American Expo stamps used as revenues is currently fewer than 5 across all denominations.

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