I need some help here. I can't find any meaningful information online about this railroad, except from sources that at least confirm it...

Bank check with 2 cent documentary stamp paying required tax. Bill of foreign exchange. Tax stamps, both US and French, are on the back. Th...

CSCRR Fare Token The 2 cent stamp on this check paid the tax due on all bank checks regardless of the value of the check. I don't suppo...

The C.I. & L Railway was known as the Monon since its mainline from Chicago branched in Monon, Indiana. In 1882, the railroad started p...

The independent Elgin, Joliet and Eastern Railway was a connector railway around Chicago. It continues to exist but as a property of the Can...

The cancellations of these companies changed from straight line cancels to circular date stamps sometime in early 1899.. I'm still worki...

The Wabash Railroad was a major railroad in the midwest that operated a route that ran directly between Kansas City and Detroit. This railr...

The Great Northern Railway running from St. Paul, Minnesota to Seattle, Washington , was the creation of the 19th century railroad tycoon Ja...

Hand cancelled six days after the tax went into effect, this 2 Cent Documentary stamp was used by the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Rail...

This stamp shows a hand cancellation by the Michigan Central Railroad. My collection holds MCRR cancels for July 2 and 3 and several other d...

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