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Scott Number: R19c Collection Reference No. for Communications: 2905

Denomination/Type: 3c Telegraph, green, perforated

2023 Scott Catalog Value (for a single stamp): $ 3.00

Estimated Retail Value: $ 50.00 What is this?

Cancel Method: Handstamped - Ornate/Complex

Cancel or Company Type: Photographer

Company: George K. Knapp & Co.

City: Syracuse

State: New York

Ornate handstamp with scalloped edges used both as a cancel and as a CDV back mark. Ex-Baryla, from his award winning Civil War Sun Tax exhibit.

(click on the image below to see a larger picture of the front of the CDV.)