The true story on the big red E is rather complicated. There were two types of E. You appear to have the thicker one. Forgeries also exist. Will edit later
Edit-- It looks like in 1908, the railroad officials lost their free mailing privileges, so this overprint was generated for their special use. This apparently allowed the government to determine the amount of mail being used this way. Later on E perfins were used.
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