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Lot 1135

blue oval handstamp on June 16, 1862 cover originating in Galesburg, Illinois, franked with 1861 3c Rose (65), addressed to Chicago where the forwarding handstamp was applied alongside a "Chicago Ills Jun 18" double circle datestamp, readdressed to Milwaukee, Wisconsin, very fine strike and cover, this handstamp was only in use for a year between 1862 and 1863, illustrated in Piszkiewicz (page 392)