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CAM-8 covers with 15¢ franking can be confusion look-alikes

CAM-8 is the only 1926 route to exceed 1000 miles distance and single rate mail between Los Angeles and Seattle required 15¢ franking, which made such covers confusion look-alikes. The distance between Los Angeles and Portland was less than 1000 miles. However, some dispatchers thought that the distance between these two points was more than 1000 miles. As a result there are some covers, such as the Portland-Los Angeles above, that are also confusion look-alikes.