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  • Domestic Postal Card

    Date
    1982
  • Hand-illustrated cover

    Date
    c. 1944
  • Cover from returned letter office in Jerusalem to Beisan on album page

    Date
    May 1, 1905
  • Domestic Postal Card

    Date
    Issue date: 1952
  • "A Quick Way to Clean Silver" item of ephemera

    Date
    1900s-1950s
  • 180 lire Father Secchi and Meteorograph single

    Date
    June 25, 1979
  • 1c Franklin Panama-Pacific small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • "Angel Cake" item of ephemera

    Date
    1900s-1950s
  • World War II Patriotic cover

    Date
    September 20, 1943
  • 3c Marquis de Lafayette Bicentenary single

    Date
    September 6, 1957
  • 6c James A. Garfield Panama-Pacific small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • Photograph of Railway Post Office mascot Owney and mail carrier

    Date
    c. 1895
  • Letter from Jack Fogarty to Mary MacDonald

    Date
    September 24, 1945
  • Post Office Department Exhibit Space blueprint from the Chicago World's Fair

    Date
    c. 1933
  • 20c Old West Indies Map single

    Date
    1973
  • 3c Washington Panama-Pacific small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • Transatlantic cover to Boston

    Date
    August 29, 1851
  • 13c Washington Panama-Pacific small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • 1500 lire Coaches single

    Date
    October 15, 1985
  • City letter carrier cap badge

    Date
    1877-1922
  • 3c U.S. Post Office essay

    Date
    1851
  • Railway Post Office cover

    Date
    1861
  • Ledger page from Franklin's GPO account book

    Date
    April 5, 1770-April 5, 1772
  • First Day Domestic Card

    Date
    Canceled: October 21, 1965 (FDI)

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  • Topic:"US Post Office Department "Old Post Office""
  • Topic
    • U.S. Stamps 1074
    • National Stamp Collection 816
    • International Stamps & Mail 729
    • Covers & Letters 518
    • The Gilded Age (1877-1920) 365
    • Contemporary (1990-present) 330
    • Postal Employees 307
    • Cold War, 1945-1989 189
    • WW II 157
    • World War, 1939-1945 157
    • Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877) 152
    • New Acquisitions 127
    • Mail Processing 113
    • Sidney N. Shure Collection 108
    • American Expansion (1800-1860) 101
    • Postal Administration 101
    • Floyd S. Leach Collection 74
    • USPOD Collection of Panama-Pacific Die Proofs 72
    • Art 65
    • Popular Culture 63
    • Transportation 53
    • Harry L. Jefferys Collection 49
    • Great Depression 48
    • U.S. Related Areas 45
    • Architecture 42
  • Type
    • Postage stamps 2049
    • Correspondence 825
    • Covers & letters 825
    • Archival materials 669
    • Postal stationery 371
    • Mail Processing Equipment 243
    • Employee Gear 231
    • Photographs 156
    • Identifying artifacts 90
    • Works of art 65
    • Transportation Equipment & Models 47
    • Certified plate proofs 40
    • Artifacts 20
    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 16
    • Evidence, Criminal 14
    • Tax stamps 14
    • NPM Archives 13
    • Printing and printmaking equipment 13
    • Postal money orders 12
    • Maps 10
    • Designs (concepts) 4
    • Loan 4
    • Exhibit Collection 3
  • Date
    • 1760s 4
    • 1770s 8
    • 1790s 13
    • 1800s 15
    • 1820s 4
    • 1830s 42
    • 1840s 84
    • 1850s 58
    • 1860s 147
    • 1870s 241
    • 1880s 152
    • 1890s 472
    • 1900s 513
    • 1910s 711
    • 1920s 294
    • 1930s 394
    • 1940s 533
    • 1950s 844
    • 1960s 428
    • 1970s 453
    • 1980s 486
    • 1990s 352
    • 2000s 257
    • 2010s 39
    • 2020s 22
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    • VATICAN CITY 626
    • Missouri 306
    • New York 173
    • Louisiana 116
    • FRANCE 88
    • China 72
    • District of Columbia 70
    • Canal Zone 67
    • Palestine 62
    • Illinois 55
    • Germany 49
    • Pennsylvania 44
    • Massachusetts 42
    • Virginia 37
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    • GREAT BRITAIN 27
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    • Confederate States of America 23
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  • Media Usage
    • Usage conditions apply 2031
    • CC0 1586
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