Hoboken Eagle Cancel Die 2 Information

By Robert J Payne & A J Savkis

[From the Machine Cancel Forum January 2004 Issue #207]

Figure 3A, above: July 15, 1919 (Bob Payne)

Hoboken Eagle is cancelled in RED ink.
This is a different die than usually found. Designated DIE 2, the Eagle is different as shown below, as well as the lettering in SOLDIERS MAIL.

Figure 3B, below: Eagle close-up

Ribbon in eagle's mouth has color inside made by fine lines. The olive branch in eagle's right claw has no center stem. The leaves are not individual. The olive branch appears like a single multi-lobbed leaf.

Figure 3C, below: SOLDIERS MAIL close-up

Middle bar of E is short. Second "S" in SOLDIERS appears upside down

DIE 2 -- RED INK ONLY

DATED USE ON MAIL:	Earliest Known Use (EKU)	Last Known Use (LKU)
Embarkation TO EUROPE	Not reported used	Not reported used
Home FROM EUROPE	1919 07 15	1920 04 28

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