I've never seen anything like this. It's a photostat of a 1902 homestead deed from the Muskogee (Creek) Nation, Indian Territory, filed with the department of Interior on August 22, 1916, with a handstamp cancel from the 'Five Civilized Tribes'.
The handstamped statement next to the revenue stamp reads as follows:
Quote:
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR
OFFICE OF THE SUPERINTENDENT FOR THE FIVE CIVILIZED TRIBES,
MUSKOGEE, OKLAHOMA
This is to certify that I am the officer having custody of the
records of deeds of the Choctaw, Chickasaw, Cherokee, Creek and
Seminole Nations, and that the above and foregoing as a true and
correct copy of the deed issued to [Dollie Grayson],
as the same appears of record in book
[A] page [438] of [Muskogee]
[(Creek) Deed Record]
I can't imagine there are many examples of this cancel extant...
Posted 10/20/2024 6:58 pm
