1865 Civil War 6th Corps 1st Division Cover with Red Cross and Target (or Snake?) Cancel figurative spoon Ike: 3 3/8" x 4"

Ike: 3 3/8" x 4"

and have been keeping an eye out ever since

There is an old wire on the back for hanging

there is really no "wrong" side

perhaps watching fish swimming by

1865 Civil War 6th Corps 1st Division Cover with Red Cross and Target (or Snake?) Cancel figurative spoon Ike: 3 3/8" x 4"I wouldnt have known to look for this, but I happened upon it and now Im pretty obsessed with it. Visually, I find it a perfect thing, inky red cross outlined in dark blue at one side and target shaped black ink cancellation over the stamp at right, which looks very much like the image of snake to me, tongue extending. This red cross was the logo of the 6th Corps 1st Division of the Union army during the Civil War, and with a bit of research I have