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  • Examination Statement

    Date
    November 9, 1959
  • V-Mail facsimile letter

    Date
    February 16, 1944
  • 9c Glacier Farley special printing imperforate single

    Date
    1935
  • 2c Tenth Olympic Games official photograph of unissued essay

    Date
    1932
  • 4c James Madison plate block of four

    Date
    July 1, 1938
  • 8c National Parks Zion original "Farley's Follies" uncut press sheet

    Date
    September 10, 1934
  • 3c Washington plate block of four

    Date
    1932
  • 4 1/2c White House plate proof

    Date
    July 11, 1938
  • World War II Patriotic cover

    Date
    March 12, 1943
  • Kingsbury letter scale

    Date
    1934-1944
  • Registers form

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    December 24, 1927
  • Brannock Collection of Merchant Marine and Paquebot Postmarks on Cover

    Date
    1938
  • Examination Statement

    Date
    June 28, 1932
  • 3p Map of the Islands single

    Date
    1938-1943
  • 3c block of four Third International Philatelic Exhibition on Hindenburg cover

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    May 9, 1936
  • Cover

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    1939
  • 10ca State Chariot single

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    1931
  • 8c Martin Van Buren single

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    August 11, 1938
  • Hand-illustrated cover

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    November 20, 1945
  • 4c Washington by Charles Peale Polk plate proof

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    September 9, 1931
  • Delegate badge for NFPOC&M convention

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    September 7-9, 1935
  • "Registry" sign and window bars

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    c. 1914
  • $5 Calvin Coolidge frame plate proof

    Date
    1938
  • Examination Statement

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    April 17, 1953

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