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Scott Number: R9b Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5947

Denomination/Type: 2c Express, blue, part perforate

2025 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 35.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 250.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Oval

Cancel Color: Black

Cancel Date: February 14, 1863

Cancel or Company Type: Express, Carrier, or Delivery

Company: General Express Forwarding House and Collection Agency

City: Philadelphia

State: Pennsylvania

A 2-cent Express receipt dated February 14, 1863 (early matching usage), from the General Express Forwarding House and Collection Agency (combining Howard & Co's Express, Harnden Express, and Howard Express Co.). The revenue stamp affixed is the 2-cent Express in blue, part perforate, imperforate vertically rather than norizontally. The express tax was in effect for only 6 months, from October 1, 1862 until March 31, 1863. Later express receipts with revenues affixed are paying a receipt tax, not an express tax.

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