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  • 2c Landing of Columbus plate proof single

    Date
    1893
  • "The Good Housekeeper" item of ephemera

    Date
    April 15, 1917
  • V-Mail Letter

    Date
    1942-1945
  • Union Patriotic Cover

    Date
    1861-1865
  • 10c Washington single

    Date
    1861
  • 30c Alexander Hamilton Justice Department card plate proof

    Date
    1879-1894
  • 2c Washington plate proof

  • Essay

    Date
    1867
  • Essay

    Date
    1861-1866
  • 6c La Filipina plate proof

    Date
    October 2, 1934
  • Die Proof

    Date
    1847
  • 3c Washington Navy Department India plate proof

    Date
    1873
  • 3c Washington plate proof

  • V-Mail Letter Sheet

    Date
    1945
  • 12c Washington plate proof single

    Date
    1875
  • Union Patriotic Cover

    Date
    1861-1865
  • Jerusalem to Haifa cover on album page

    Date
    November 5, 1942
  • Confederate blockade-run cover

    Date
    1863
  • 2c Eagle revenue stamped paper bank check

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    May 2, 1870
  • 2c Washington plate proof

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    January 16, 1897
  • $5 John Marshall plate proof

  • 5c John F. Stevens plate proof

  • 11c 100th Anniversary of International Telecommunication Union plate proof

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    October 6, 1965
  • Certificate of appointment for a CSA postmaster

    Date
    August 9, 1861

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