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  • 2c Philippines (U.S. Administration) Panama-Pacific small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • Vatican mailbox

    Date
    after 1929
  • 2c Statue of Freedom Newspaper and Periodical single

    Date
    1894
  • $5 John Marshall partial pane of thirty-two

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    1895
  • Owney cachet cover created by Miriam Thurston

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    2011
  • Owney cachet cover created by Larry Gassen

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    2011
  • 6p Port Royal in 1853 single

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    1922
  • 5m Kaiser's Yacht Hohenzollern single

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    1901
  • chamber pot

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    circa 1764- 1799
  • Bill of sale for a 16-year-old girl named Polly

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    December 23, 1835; modified 1851

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