"Bowling Green Ky. Feb. 19th" (1862) -- Earliest Reported Federal Use After Occupation. Manuscript postmark on U.S. 3c Red Star Die entire to Williamstown Mass., endorsed "Soldiers letter & no new stamps -- H.H.S. Ast Surgeon", obsolete embossed stamp cancelled by Louisville "DUE 3" straightline handstamp applied in transit, backflap removed, Very Fine, ex Schwartz, this is the earliest reported cover posted at Bowling Green after U.S. occupation, the Confederates evacuated completely by February 14, 1862, this was mailed just five days later

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