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  • 40c Documentary revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1954
  • $500 Documentary revenue stamp booklet of 40

    Date
    1958
  • 14 ounces Tobacco Strips Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • 7 Cigars Class C Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of 100

    Date
    1955
  • 8c Documentary revenue stamp block of nine

    Date
    1954
  • $2.75 Documentary revenue stamp block of nine

    Date
    1954
  • Postage Stamp

    Date
    April 30, 1973
  • 130 gallons Rectified Spirits Class A revenue stamp sheet of four

    Date
    1940
  • 12 Cigars Class E Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1953
  • 50 Cigars Class A Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • Undenom Filled Cheese taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1961
  • ZIP Code information card

    Date
    September 1967
  • Metal screen for post office structure from Dillsburg, Pennsylvania

    Date
    1913-1971
  • 8c Postal Service Emblem single

    Date
    July 1, 1971
  • 10c Apollo and Soyuz after Link-up single

    Date
    July 15, 1975
  • ZIP Code poster

    Date
    December 1968
  • 200 Cigars Class B Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1953
  • 40c Stock Transfer Series 1951 revenue stamp single

    Date
    1951
  • 200 Cigars Class A Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of six

    Date
    1955
  • 1 5/8 ounces Tobacco Strips Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp pane of 20

    Date
    1953
  • 25 Cigars Class B Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1953
  • 12 ounces Tobacco Strips Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of 4

    Date
    1955
  • 25 Cigars Class D Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • 25 Cigars Class G Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1955

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  • Date:"1970s"
  • Topic
    • Cold War, 1945-1989 10639
    • U.S. Stamps 711
    • WW II 468
    • World War, 1939-1945 468
    • The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) 319
    • The Gilded Age (1877-1920) 318
    • Great Depression 317
    • International Stamps & Mail 299
    • Art & Photography 91
    • Animals 90
    • Covers & Letters 80
    • Botany 68
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    • Humanitarian Causes 65
    • Organizations & Associations 64
    • Holidays & Celebrations 58
    • Postal Employees 56
    • Hunting 55
    • Nature conservation 55
    • Architecture 53
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    • The Environment 52
    • Sports 51
    • Postal Administration 47
    • Technology & Inventions 38
  • Type
    • Tax stamps 9658
    • Postage stamps 1389
    • Correspondence 156
    • Covers & letters 156
    • Employee Gear 97
    • Archival materials 85
    • Mail Processing Equipment 77
    • Postal stationery 49
    • Works of art 34
    • Maps 30
    • Certified plate proofs 24
    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 15
    • Transportation Equipment & Models 10
    • Evidence, Criminal 9
    • Identifying artifacts 6
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    • Photographs 4
  • Date
    • 1800s 3
    • 1830s 1
    • 1880s 1
    • 1890s 21
    • 1900s 6
    • 1910s 331
    • 1920s 319
    • 1930s 485
    • 1940s 10645
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    • 1960s 10668
    • 1980s 10645
    • 1990s 24
    • 2000s 1
    • 2010s 12
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    • United States of America 10845
    • VATICAN CITY 187
    • National Postal Museum 149
    • PUERTO RICO 149
    • Canal Zone 50
    • Pennsylvania 45
    • New York 28
    • Ryukyu Islands 26
    • Virginia 23
    • Louisiana 22
    • District of Columbia 21
    • Georgia 20
    • GERMANY 17
    • Illinois 17
    • Massachusetts 17
    • California 16
    • Ohio 16
    • MEXICO 15
    • Maryland 11
    • GREAT BRITAIN 10
    • Connecticut 9
    • Hawaii 8
    • CHINA 7
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