used on piece cover 1869 'locomotive', a most attractive and interesting study devoted to the cancellations on this popular stamp, housed in a FG De luxe album and comprising loose stamps (240) with a block of six, strips of five and three (2) and many pairs showing a wealth of "cork" types, shields, petals, stars and anchors, unusual mute types, initials, paid, targets, c.d.s., coloured with blue (44), sepia (13), magenta/purple (11) etc., pieces showing despatch c.d.s (142) arranged by State including scarce towns and covers (87) with good ranges of manuscript (over 30, one attractive printed envelope), mostly from small towns, intials "A" (2), "B", "C" (2), "D", "E", "F", "G", "H", "K" (2), "M", "P" (2), "R", "S", (2), "T", "W" (7), "X", and "EC" (Greenport N.Y.), "GO", "HP" (Dilworthtown), "LP", "MH", "OK" and "UV", month types "SEP" and "OCT" both South Bend Ind., paid, "3" to "10". A splendid collection that could be even further developed