• • Exceptional Stamp Cluster: Affixed with ten (10) 1¢ Green Battleship Documentary Revenue Stamps (Series 1898, Scott #R163, issued to fund the Spanish-American War).

    • Feature an eye-catching red boxed / oval company initial hand-stamp cancellation across all stamps.

    • Multiples and blocks of 1898 Battleship stamps preserved intact on original instruments command a strong premium among fiscal philatelists.

  • Document Type: Folding manuscript Abstract of Chain of Title (No. 15362) on pre-printed legal bond.

  • Property Location: North West Quarter (NW¼) Section 22, Township 7 North, Range 25 West, Frontier County, State of Nebraska.

  • Land Chain & Homestead History:

    • Traces land origin directly from the United States (Homestead Patent) to Amos Cumming / Ada Cumming.

    • Records 13 successive conveyances, deeds, releases, and mortgages through 1898 involving Western Loan & Investment Co., H. Potter, McKinley Lanning Loan & Trust Co. (Hastings, Neb.), James L. Rector & Eva, Van Pelt, and Jay Olney.

  • Abstracter Certifications: Multi-year certification signatures on reverse by bonded abstracters:

    • Signed June 8, 1893 by W. G. Bartlett, Abstracter.

    • Continued entries signed July 10, 1894 by W. G. Bartlett.

    • Continued entries signed July 6, 1898 by James A. Williams, Bonded Abstracter.

  • Dimensions: Approximately 8.5" × 14" (legal folio sheet folded).

  Condition Notes

  • Preserved on antique paper with natural archival folds and light handling splits along the main horizontal fold line.

  • The block of 10 Battleship stamps is sound, clean, and securely affixed with bold red cancellations.

  • Handwritten ink entries and stamped text remain dark and fully legible throughout.

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