likely that this is our fellow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Cosby
David... Did you pick up the error in that article?
Starting in 1879 the US Post Office Department required a receiving post office to apply a cancel to mail showing when it was received. It was also the practice for the forwarding post office to add a cancel to the front of the cover for when it left that post office. It was also around this time when free forwarding was implemented.
Antonio...thank you for the additional information
Posted from Baltimore Md Dec 13, 1886 to Washington DC and re-directed to Portsmouth NH. With backstamps
re: intresting cover
likely that this is our fellow: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spencer_Cosby
re: intresting cover
David... Did you pick up the error in that article?
re: intresting cover
Starting in 1879 the US Post Office Department required a receiving post office to apply a cancel to mail showing when it was received. It was also the practice for the forwarding post office to add a cancel to the front of the cover for when it left that post office. It was also around this time when free forwarding was implemented.
re: intresting cover
Antonio...thank you for the additional information