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lot # 108 - UNITED STATES POSSESSIONS GUAM
1900 Special Printing, 2c red, type IV, signed "special surcharge" in pencil on reverse, with additional "Tows" handstamp in violet, l.h., v.f., with 2008 PFC. Only one pane of 100 stamps (for each value) was prepared for display at the Paris and Pan-American Expositions, with most handstamped "Specimen"; some copies were signed "Special Surcharge" in pencil by stamp dealer J.M. Bartels for authentication purposes (see footnote in Scott's Specialized Catalogue),
Cat. Val. $1,000
Estimate: $500
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