Saint Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad precanceled one cent battleship stamps, while not common, are reasonably available to the collector. However, I have found that most of the examples I have ever seen have rather insignificant secondary cancels, usually manuscript or handstamp dates. Occasionally a stamp turns up with some additional information in a handstamp, though I have yet to find an on-document use of this precancel.
Non-Burlington Route handstamp cancel:
St. L., K. & N. W. R. R. precancel with Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago & St. Louis Railroad aka "Big Four" handstamp from Alton, Illinois
The St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad did not run in Illinois, though it did connect with the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy that did run through Alton on its way from St. Louis to Chicago. Somehow this stamp was canceled by the CCC&StL in Alton.
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