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Scott Number: R211 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 2718

Denomination/Type: 5c rose, watermark 191R, perf. 10

Estimated Retail Value: $ 80.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Other

Cancel Date: January 20, 1929

Cancel or Company Type: Other/Miscellaneous

Company: S.S. Arabic

City: Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche, France

Illegal use of revenue as postage on cover, but amazingly on a paquebot cover, from the S.S. Arabic, canceled in Cherbourg-Octeville, Manche, in Normandy, France.

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