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  • 4c Abraham Lincoln plate proof

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    June 4, 1959

  • 1c Washington plate proof

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    January 29, 1919

  • 1c Washington plate proof

  • 3c Indian Centennial plate proof

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    October 1, 1948

  • 4c Washington plate proof

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    December 17, 1908

  • 4 1/2c The Hermitage plate proof

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    February 20, 1959

  • 8c Moro Vinta and Clipper plate proof

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    April 8, 1941

  • 1c Franklin plate proof

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    February 10, 1899

  • 12c Grover Cleveland plate proof

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    July 13, 1925

  • 3c Washington plate proof

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