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  • Napoleonic Italy album page with folded letter

    Date
    1810
  • 2c Postage Due small die proof

    Date
    1903
  • 10c Daniel Webster type II single

    Date
    1898
  • 6c James A. Garfield Panama-Pacific small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • 5c American Authors Louisa May Alcott plate block of four

    Date
    1940
  • 5c Washington top plate block of six

    Date
    1917
  • 50c Trans-Mississippi Western Mining Prospector bi-colored essay

    Date
    1898
  • Napoleonic Italy album page with folded letter

    Date
    1815
  • 12c S.S. Adriatic small die proof

    Date
    1903
  • 5c Navy artist's model

    Date
    1937
  • 2c Washington left plate block of six

    Date
    1916
  • 1 1/4c Emerson Drug Company revenue stamp single

    Date
    1898
  • 3c Washington Panama-Pacific small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • 3c American Inventors Cyrus Hall McCormick plate block of four

    Date
    1940
  • 4c Map of Cuba and Mail Route single

    Date
    1958
  • 3c Wisconsin Tercentenary top plate block of six

    Date
    July 7, 1934
  • 3c Postage Due small die proof

    Date
    1903
  • 1½c Warren G. Harding top plate block of six

    Date
    1925
  • 5c Navy artist's model

    Date
    1937
  • Napoleonic Italy album page with folded letter

    Date
    1818
  • 10c James Monroe top plate block of six

    Date
    1923
  • 7s 6p King George V single

    Date
    1925
  • 8c Martha Washington top plate block of six

    Date
    1902
  • 12c Justice Newspaper and Periodical imprint single

    Date
    1875

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