United States, Scott #5758, used(o), 2023, Commemorating Historic Railroad Stations, stamp shows Maryland's Point of the Rocks Station, at the high, upriver navigation point on the Potomac River; the station is an historic passenger rail station in western Maryland, on the lines between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore to the east and to Martinsburg, West Virginia and to further points west; it is situated at this junction, and became the principal way station for passenger trains between Baltimore, Washington and points west; the 'Met Branch' and its station opened in 1873; the station building is a two-and-a-half story, triangular building, typifying its role as a junction; it was built the Gothic Revival style with a four-story tower and a one-and-a-half story wing at the base; the tower has a pyramidal roof containing a dormer on each side; on top is a square cupola supporting a pyramidal peaked roof; the was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1973; issued as a 'forever' stamp at a counter price of 63 cents, lithography and typography printed, serpentine die cut simulated perforations: 10¾, issued with non-water soluble self-adhesive gum on multiple stamp panes, multicolored, Scott Supplemental Catalog Value: 40¢, nicely centered, double hit cancels, both black-inked, horizontal, wavy line cancels, a bit offset, one over the other, over most of the front of the stamp, good perforations, stamp was removed from its mailing envelope using a Bestine solvent and placed on a piece of black card stock for a uniform and attractive album appearance; centering and mounting warrants a selling price premium. This is not a 'bait-and-switch;' the stamp you see will be the one you receive.
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