5c Black & Bronze, "U.S. Inter. Rev." Re-Use Prevention Essay (Turner E45). Folded design for re-use prevention, "5" punched out, original gum, opened for display, Very Fine and rare, the inventor of these designs is unknown, it was intended to be affixed to a cover, or in this case a document, folded, part of the stamp would then be removed, exposing punched out or different colored numerals underneath, the background of the design is also scored so that any attempt to remove a cancel or the stamp from the cover would result in its breaking apart

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