The interesting thing about this piece is not the 5 R32a attached but the origination. I can't remember when I last found a document from the state of Oregon. Its dated Nov, 15 1865.
A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed. (The exact & entire wording of the 2nd Amendment to the U.S. Constitution)
I'm a bit suspicious of this document, every stamp is cut so close that it might have been a perforated strip cut by the taxpayer with a scissors to allow enough room to get all the stamps on the document. Ordinarily November of 1865 would be pretty late for imperfs (especially for 10 cent stamps, a common tax rate) but they are well known to have been used throughout the first issue period on the west coast, especially in San Francisco. I would still want to examine this document in person before I would accept these particular examples as being imperfs.
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