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1914(Jan 7} Coloured PPC of El Popocatepetl (A Mexican active volcano) datelined USS Rhode Island, to Newport, R.I. bearing Mexico 2c tied smudged duplex with below bold VERA CRUZ / VER machine cancel……1910 – 16 the Mexican civil war caused sufficient conern for the US to send Naval vessels into Mexican waters to protect the interests of US individuals & business’s and later land forces were used against Pancho Villa.