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Pacific Rim

The final section of this  virtual exhibition explores U.S. postage stamps that have focused on the heritage and culture of the Pacific Rim, specifically stamps featuring China and Japan.

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4-cent United States-Japan Treaty stamp
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People and Places of the Pacific

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    • Federated States of Micronesia and Republic of the Marshall Islands
    • Republic of Palau and Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands
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    • Captain Cook and the Islands
    • Missionaries and Stamps
    • Early Leaders
    • The 50th State
    • Heritage and Landscape
    • Duke Kahanamoku
  • Pacific Rim
    • China
      • China and the United States
      • Cranes Issue
      • The Lunar New Year Issue 1992-2004
      • The Lunar New Year Issue 2008-2019
    • Japan
      • The Opening of Japan
      • Isamu Noguchi
      • Ruth Asawa
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