Like the Chicago, Burlington & Northern, the Chicago, Fort Madison & Des Moines Railroad's precancels are rare, or more specifically in the case of the CFtM&DM, possibly unique. There is only one example known to collectors; the scan of the stamp with the damaged corners below is the known copy. The 1900 Poor's manual reported that the CB&Q bought out this short line railroad completely in December 1899, which would be consistent with the existence of this precancel on hyphen-hole stamps, but there might have also been roulette versions of this cancel. None seem to have been preserved for collectors.
Chicago, Fort Madison & Des Moines Railroad precancel on one cent hyphen-hole
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