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National Postal Museum Collections Search Results

  • Union patriotic cover with state design

    Date
    1861-1865
  • Union patriotic cover with female design

    Date
    1861-1865
  • Union patriotic cover with state design

    Date
    1861-1865
  • F. J. Morgan Bald Knob, Arkansas Owney tag

    Date
    1888
  • Puyallup, Washington Owney tag

    Date
    August 14, 1895
  • Windsor Hotel Owney tag

    Date
    1888-1897
  • Jackson, Mississippi Post Office Owney tag

    Date
    January 11, 1896
  • Baltimore and Grafton Railway Owney tag

    Date
    April 20, 1892
  • Charleston, West Virginia Owney tag

    Date
    1888-1897
  • Albuquerque Railroad Post Office Owney tag

    Date
    1888-1897
  • Grand Rapids, Michigan Owney tag

    Date
    1896
  • Baltimore, Maryland Owney tag

    Date
    April 19, 1892
  • Brooklyn, New York Owney tag

    Date
    1891
  • Lawrence, Massachusetts Owney tag

    Date
    1888-1897
  • Nashville, Tennessee Owney tag

    Date
    1888-1897
  • Louisville, Kentucky Owney tag

    Date
    1888-1897
  • Hornellsville, New York Owney tag

    Date
    1888-1897
  • Owney tag

    Date
    1888-1897
  • Knights of the Grip Owney tag

    Date
    1888-1897
  • Pontiac, Illinois Owney tag

    Date
    1888-1897
  • Portland, Maine Owney tag

    Date
    April 14, 1896
  • Seattle, Washington Owney tag

    Date
    July 17, 1895
  • E.D. Simpson Owney tag

    Date
    1893
  • Railway Mail Service Superintendent Owney tag

    Date
    April 27, 1892

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