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1917(Oct 23) Longer 240 x 105 mm American Red Cross Mission to Russia printed envelope to Chicago & forwarded to Pavina, Illinois bearing 10k + 2k + 3k & mailed through Diplomatic Bag cancelled on arrival Washington DC Buy Now US/Government Bonds/2nd Liberty Loan/3 slogan with on reverse Chicago, ill/Vickers Park [23 Oct] duplex 1 transit datestamp…………………………………..Scarce Red X Mission to Russia that had only a nominal relationship with the American red Cross and was in fact Wall street financiers & other business types looking to capitalize on the initial chaos in Russia and seek to make profit from the eventual winners be it the Bolsheviks or Karensky under the guise…………. see: http://reformed-theology.org/html/books/bolshevik_
revolution/chapter_05.htm