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  • 2c Empire State Express Train single

    Date
    May 1, 1901
  • 13c Liberty Bell single

    Date
    November 25, 1975
  • 32c Rebecca Everingham single

    Date
    August 22, 1996
  • 20c Washington booklet single

    Date
    February 22, 2001
  • $15 multicolor Northern Pintail self-adhesive mini-sheet

    Date
    2001-2002
  • 44c Literary Arts: Julia de Burgos single

    Date
    September 14, 2010
  • First flight airmail cover

    Date
    June 7, 1947
  • Malcolm MacGregor Collection of Autographed Stamps album page

    Date
    c. 1950
  • 25 Cigars Class F Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp pane of twenty

    Date
    1955
  • 40c George S. Boutwell Rectified Spirits revenue stamp single

    Date
    1942-1957
  • 1 1/2 ounces Snuff Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of six

    Date
    1955
  • $2 Documentary Series 1952 revenue stamp single

    Date
    1952
  • 3 ounces Tobacco Strips Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp pane of 20

    Date
    1955
  • 5 Cigars Class B Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1953
  • 7 Cigars Class B Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • Postage Stamp

    Date
    1920
  • Postage Stamp

    Date
    2001
  • Union Patriotic Cover

    Date
    1861-1865
  • Haifa to Cairo censored cover on album page

    Date
    October 5, 1918
  • Rehovoth canceled overprints and postage stamps on album page

    Date
    1926-1929
  • 30c Shield, Eagle & Flags single

    Date
    1869
  • Stamp

    Date
    1988
  • 500 Cigars Class G Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of twenty

    Date
    1955
  • 5 Cigars Class G Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp sheet of 100

    Date
    1953

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    • American Expansion (1800-1860) 467
    • The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) 462
    • Stars of Stage & Screen 457
    • Postal Employees 405
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  • Type
    • Postage stamps 35733
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    • Correspondence 7378
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    • Mail Processing Equipment 5725
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    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 145
    • Printing and printmaking equipment 76
    • Postal money orders 71
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  • Media Usage
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    • CC0 7511
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