The St. Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad ran roughly north-south along the western side of the Mississippi river between St. Louis and Keokuk, Missouri, and connected with several Burlington Route railroads including the Chicago, Burlington & Kansas City, the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy, and the Hannibal & St. Joseph.
The railrod produced three types of precancels. The first type, a non-serifed 24.5mm long cancel, is known on the both the roulette and hyphen-hole one cent battleship stamps. The second type, using the same set of type as type one, is 22mm long, visibly shorter to the naked eye. The shorter cancel is only known on the roulette one cent battleship, though it is possible that HH examples might be out there. Lastly there is a third type, in art deco-ish letters, that has only been found on a single example of R155. The type 3 was unknown to Fullerton.
Type one roulette:
Saint Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad type one precancel on one cent battleship roulette.
Type one hyphen-hole:
Saint Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad type one precancel on one cent battleship hyphen-hole.
Type two roulette:
Saint Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad type two precancel on one cent battleship roulette.
Type three R155:
Saint Louis, Keokuk & Northwestern Railroad type three precancel on R155.
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