The front is a pretty run of the mill cancel from the civil war period. The transit marking on the reverse though is quite special. This transit marking was used by the Union during the Civil war (I have seen cancels only in 1861 and 1863, This is a full 16 years before the postal service decided to track mail times by requiring there to be a received cancel on all first class mail).
Here is one of my oldest covers (postal stationery version) from the UK. I has a postmark on the rear from "Bath" December 25, 1844 (black cancel on rear left). The front is cancelled with a number "53" or "63" or "smudge 3". Anyway, item is Great Britain B-3D envelope number (H & G) issued in 1841. Front first, rear second. Enjoy
It's a lowly pre-paid German postal card from 1882, catalogued a mere 5Dm in 1989, yet check out the postmarks. Almost perfectly centred SON Breslau, & the London backstamp doesn't get any crisper than that
1982 30 Aug. Breslau, Germany (Polish-Wroclaw) to London
I hope this cover is OK. It's only 98 years old. But it reminds us that 100 years ago, that many countries were at war, even though the US wouldn't be for another 2 years.
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