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Postmark is a red Washington City (Washington DC) circular date stamp with a 10 cent red rate mark. Looks like it was hand carried from Russia and then mailed in DC. I would surmise that Cramer wrote several letters and would save on postage by having them hand carried. In this case, he wrote the letter in October and it wasn't postmarked until two months later.
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