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Your search found 41,873 result(s).

National Postal Museum Collections Search Results

  • Postage Stamp

    Date
    1866
  • Official Postage Stamp

    Date
    1985
  • 13 Cigars Class C Series 124 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1954
  • 13 ounces Tobacco taxpaid revenue stamp block of six

    Date
    1955
  • 11 ounces Tobacco Strips Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • 10 Small Cigars Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • 5 Cigars Class A Series 124 taxpaid revenue stamp block of nine

    Date
    1954
  • Backstamped FPO 731 cover on album page

    Date
    January 10, 1948
  • 18c Peter Francisco single

    Date
    March 25, 1975
  • Cover

    Date
    c. 1859-1868
  • 5c red brown Franklin single

    Date
    July 1, 1847
  • 44c Negro Leagues Baseball pane of twenty

    Date
    2010
  • 2c Documentary Third Issue I.R. overprint revenue stamp single on bank check

    Date
    July 21, 1898
  • 2c Washington Schermack Company type III vending coil pair

    Date
    1906
  • Petah Tiqva to Philadelphia cover on album page

    Date
    October 19, 1944
  • 25c Eddie Eagan single

    Date
    July 6, 1990
  • 10c Messenger on Bicycle Special Delivery autographed pane of fifty

    Date
    1902
  • 50 lire Queen Jadwiga, Holy Gate and Jagellon University Library single

    Date
    May 3, 1966
  • £1 Palms and Kola Tree single

    Date
    1932
  • 30-cent Jefferson

    Date
    Issue date: 1890
  • Kefar Shemaryahu to Haifa cover on album page

    Date
    April 10, 1945
  • First Flight Post Card

    Date
    May 29, 1951
  • 24c General Winfield Scott Navy Department card plate proof

    Date
    1893
  • $10 Documentary Charter Party revenue stamp single

    Date
    1862

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  • Topic
    • U.S. Stamps 12677
    • Cold War, 1945-1989 10639
    • Contemporary (1990-present) 10232
    • International Stamps & Mail 3735
    • Sidney N. Shure Collection 3727
    • National Stamp Collection 3697
    • Covers & Letters 3226
    • WW II 2226
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    • Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877) 1536
    • The Gilded Age (1877-1920) 1401
    • Art 1079
    • Great Depression 791
    • Animals 732
    • The Environment 560
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    • Holidays & Celebrations 532
    • Art & Photography 491
    • Botany 487
    • Plants 487
    • The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) 476
    • American Expansion (1800-1860) 470
    • Stars of Stage & Screen 457
    • Postal Employees 405
    • Sports 347
  • Type
    • Postage stamps 21873
    • Tax stamps 11490
    • Correspondence 4458
    • Covers & letters 4458
    • Works of art 1079
    • Archival materials 916
    • Postal stationery 305
    • Identifying artifacts 269
    • Mail Processing Equipment 268
    • Employee Gear 216
    • Certified plate proofs 160
    • Maps 140
    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 113
    • Photographs 85
    • NPM Archives 48
    • Transportation Equipment & Models 48
    • Postal money orders 35
    • Printing and printmaking equipment 21
    • Evidence, Criminal 16
    • Loan 6
    • Artifacts 4
    • Designs (concepts) 4
    • Exhibit Collection 4
  • Date
    • 1770s 11
    • 1790s 18
    • 1800s 45
    • 1810s 16
    • 1820s 8
    • 1830s 75
    • 1840s 221
    • 1850s 426
    • 1860s 1596
    • 1870s 800
    • 1880s 535
    • 1890s 1339
    • 1900s 882
    • 1910s 1905
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    • 1930s 3485
    • 1940s 12998
    • 1950s 11205
    • 1960s 11455
    • 1970s 11362
    • 1980s 11451
    • 1990s 3454
    • 2000s 4357
    • 2010s 716
    • 2020s 145
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    • United States of America 31172
    • Palestine 1937
    • VATICAN CITY 1041
    • New York 684
    • ISRAEL 655
    • California 450
    • Great Britain 340
    • Occupation of Palestine 336
    • District of Columbia 334
    • Canal Zone 260
    • Ohio 241
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    • Ukraine 226
    • National Postal Museum 221
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    • Missouri 218
    • Pennsylvania 212
    • South Dakota 207
    • Florida 189
    • Hawaiian Islands 179
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    • African Americans 220
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  • Media Usage
    • Usage conditions apply 12656
    • Not determined 5438
    • CC0 4408
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