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Scott Number: E5 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5945

Estimated Retail Value: $3000.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Multiple Cancel Types

Cancel Date: April 24, 1899

Cancel or Company Type: Bank, Banker, or Broker

Company: Home Savings Bank

City: Toledo

State: Ohio

An incredible one-of-a-kind document: a 90-day 1899 promissory note in the amount of $3,000. The tax rate was 2 cents per $100, meaning 60 cents in tax was due, improperly paid on the reverse by a block of 6 of the 10-cent U.S. Special Delivery of 1895 (Scott #5). All 6 stamps are manuscript canceled January 24, 1899, with the block also tied by a magenta oval Home Saving Bank handstamp on the date the loan was paid back, April 24, 1899. Ex-Markovits, from his award winning special delivery exhibit, where he indicated that this block is also the largest known used multiple.

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