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Auction 739 April.

Boston
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Lot 285

Prohibition

Opening: $200

Estimate: $200 - $400

Partly-printed form headed "Prescription Blank - National Prohibition Act," one page, 6.5 x 4.25, May 12, 1923. Issued under the authority of the National Prohibition Act, a medicinal liquor prescription listing the "Rx" as "Whiskey," filled by a pharmacist in Chicopee, Massachusetts. Text printed in the lower left notes: "This prescription must not be refilled." In fine condition, with light edge toning.