Lot 2405
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Revenue, 1898, 1¢ Chapman Steamboat Line provisional (R158A), nicely centered, bright color light handstamped "Jul 8 1898" cancel faint insignificant crease at left Very Fine.
Scott $10,000
AN EXCELLENT EXAMPLE OF THIS EXCEEDINGLY RARE PROVISIONAL.
Expertization: with 1994 P.F. certificate.
This stamp was privately overprinted, with government permission, for Capt. L.H. Chapman for his Chapman Steamboat Line, which operated on the Erie Canal.
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