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Scott Number: R163 Collection Reference No. for Communications: 5269

Denomination/Type: 1c pale blue, rouletted 5.5

Estimated Retail Value: $ 50.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Circle

Cancel Color: Magenta/Purple

Cancel Date: September 13, 1898

Cancel or Company Type: Railroad

Company: Duluth, Missabe & Northern Railway

City: Duluth

State: Minnesota

1898 bill of lading for 4,419 tons of iron ore to be carried from Duluth, Minnesota to Cleveland, Ohio for the Adams Mining Co., about the steamship Menida (?).

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