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1918(Sep 2) American YMCA envelope to Lincoln, California & forwarded to 3523 – 19th St., San Francisco Lieut., I.W. Galehouse, formally of the Aviation Inst. Det., A.E.F. Italy & now with 5a Squadriglia Caproni, 4 Gruppo Aeroplani, Zona de Guerra, Italy bearing 25c tied civilian Carrara San Giorgio / Padua & with Lincoln Cal (30 Sep) transit cds & on reverse violet unframed doubled IV GRUPPO AEROPLANI / 5 SQUADRIGLIA AEROPLANI cachet & framed GENOVA POSTA ESTERA cds of Padua in Foggia area & with smudged US redirection (6 Feb) transit cds & on reverse pencil Rec’d Feb 9 – 18 mark & black framed Genova Posta Estera / Censura……..The US Aviation Instruction Detachment was established at Foggia by January 1918 with mail posted through the civil offices & examples of mail are very scarce.