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  • 10 Cigars Class E Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of 100

    Date
    1955
  • Undenom Filled Cheese taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1961
  • 10c Distilled Spirits Excise Tax revenue stamp single

    Date
    1952
  • 12 ounces Tobacco taxpaid revenue stamp block of six

    Date
    1955
  • 2 3/4 ounces Snuff Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp sheet of 196

    Date
    1955
  • 3 3/4 ounces Snuff Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1955
  • 2c Stock Transfer Series 1950 revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1950
  • 3 Cigars Class G Series 124 taxpaid revenue stamp sheet of 100

    Date
    1954
  • 3 Cigars Class F Series 124 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1954
  • 2c Stock Transfer Series 1950 revenue stamp single

    Date
    1950
  • 5c Commodore Perry, First Anchorage Off Tokyo Bay first day of issue program

    Date
    July 14, 1953
  • 3c Progress of Women

    Date
    1948
  • 20 Cigars Class B Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1953
  • 1 ounce Snuff Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of six

    Date
    1955
  • 1 ounce Snuff Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp sheet of 196

    Date
    1955
  • $3.30 Documentary Series 1953 revenue stamp single

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

    Date
    1955
  • $2 Documentary Series 1940 revenue stamp block of 30

    Date
    1940
  • 50c Wine revenue stamp pane of 100

    Date
    1942
  • 25 Cigars Class A Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1955
  • 50 Cigars Class C Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of twenty

    Date
    1955
  • $1 Silver Tax revenue stamp pane of 100

    Date
    1944
  • 25 Cigars Class F Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • $1500 Rectification Tax revenue stamp pane of ten

    Date
    1946

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  • Date:"1940s"
  • Topic
    • Cold War, 1945-1989 10639
    • WW II 2226
    • World War, 1939-1945 2226
    • U.S. Stamps 641
    • Covers & Letters 370
    • Great Depression 357
    • The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) 322
    • The Gilded Age (1877-1920) 318
    • International Stamps & Mail 186
    • National Stamp Collection 181
    • Postal Employees 103
    • Animals 75
    • Hunting 66
    • Nature conservation 66
    • Postal Administration 65
    • Botany 63
    • Harry L. Jefferys Collection 63
    • Plants 63
    • Military & Policing Forces 57
    • Art 53
    • Floyd S. Leach Collection 50
    • Art & Photography 47
    • Humanitarian Causes 45
    • Organizations & Associations 45
    • Sports 41
  • Type
    • Tax stamps 10543
    • Postage stamps 1352
    • Correspondence 1117
    • Covers & letters 1117
    • Archival materials 436
    • Certified plate proofs 129
    • Postal stationery 104
    • Mail Processing Equipment 87
    • Employee Gear 75
    • Photographs 70
    • Works of art 53
    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 31
    • Postal money orders 30
    • Maps 29
    • Printing and printmaking equipment 22
    • NPM Archives 10
    • Transportation Equipment & Models 9
    • Evidence, Criminal 6
    • Identifying artifacts 5
    • Designs (concepts) 2
    • Loan 1
  • Date
    • 1870s 1
    • 1890s 5
    • 1900s 12
    • 1910s 326
    • 1920s 409
    • 1930s 2328
    • 1950s 10728
    • 1960s 10698
    • 1970s 10645
    • 1980s 10640
    • 1990s 16
    • 2000s 2
    • 2010s 12
  • Place
    • United States of America 12841
    • PUERTO RICO 163
    • National Postal Museum 156
    • Illinois 143
    • New York 132
    • VATICAN CITY 68
    • Canal Zone 60
    • Ohio 40
    • EGYPT 34
    • Missouri 31
    • Pennsylvania 31
    • Virginia 30
    • California 28
    • District of Columbia 27
    • Ryukyu Islands 26
    • Georgia 20
    • Kansas 20
    • Indiana 19
    • GREAT BRITAIN 18
    • JAPAN 17
    • Massachusetts 16
    • Oregon 15
    • Connecticut 14
    • Mississippi 14
    • Hawaii 13
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    • African Americans 26
    • Hispanics 4
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  • Media Usage
    • Usage conditions apply 1313
    • CC0 759
    • Not determined 387
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