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Scott Number: 304 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5949

Denomination/Type: 5c Lincoln, blue, watermark 191, perf. 12

2025 Scott Catalog Value: $ 2.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 100.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Circle

Cancel Color: Magenta/Purple

Cancel Date: ??? 1908

Cancel or Company Type: Law Firm, or Federal, State or Local Government

Company: Commissioner of Docks

City: New York

State: New York

New York docking fee ticket/receipt, marked 'SERIES 1908' with a 5-cent Lincoln definitive from the series of 1902 tied on the obverse. Unsure whether this is paying a municipal tax, state tax, or a fee. Highly unusual, possibly contrived.

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