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National Postal Museum Collections Search Results

  • 44c Flags of our Nation Set 3 two coil strips of 5

    Date
    August 6, 2009
  • Glass lantern slide - cover, auxillary marks

    Date
    1890-1920
  • 32c Cinco de Mayo single

    Date
    April 16, 1998
  • 10c John Tyler plate proof

  • 17c Andrew Johnson plate proof

  • $1 Special Tax Stamp: Dealer in Untaxed Opium, Coca Leaves, Etc. sheet of 10

    Date
    1949
  • 32c The Wolf Man single

    Date
    September 30, 1997
  • New Mexico Airmail Week scrapboook

    Date
    1939
  • $3 Special Tax Stamp: Retail Dealer in Opium, Coca Leaves, Etc. sheet of 10

    Date
    1947
  • 4½c The White House plate proof

  • 32c The Mummy single

    Date
    September 30, 1997
  • 1½c Martha Washington plate proof

  • 25c Presorted First-Class Spectrum Eagle yellow orange coil single

    Date
    September 2, 2015
  • 15c James Buchanan plate proof

  • 18c Ulysses S. Grant plate proof

  • 2 1/2p King Malietoa Laupepa single

    Date
    1892
  • Overprint on $2 stamp of China single

    Date
    1942
  • $12 Special Tax Stamp: Wholesale Dealer in Opium, Coca Leaves, Etc. sheet of 10

    Date
    1949
  • 1c Franklin essay

    Date
    1861
  • 3c Generals William T. Sherman, Ulysses S. Grant, Philip H. Sheridan plate proof

    Date
    February 10, 1937
  • 13c Benjamin Harrison plate proof

    Date
    September 20, 1927
  • 6c John Quincy Adams plate proof

  • 30c Postage Due plate proof

  • 2c Washington plate proof

    Date
    January 16, 1897

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    • Mail Processing Equipment 5724
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    • Archival materials 2093
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    • CC0 7603
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