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[[envelope]] [[image of the World's globe with [[pre-printed]] COLLINS OVERLAND TELEGRAPH WESTERN UNION EXTENSION [[pre-printed]]]] [[stamped]] 20 PURSER[[/stamped]] [[mail stamp]] SAN FRANCISCO CAL SEP 11 1805[[/mail stamp]] ^ [[Prof S. F. Baird Smithsonian Institution Washington D.C.]]