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  • Forever Four Flags: Freedom single

    Date
    2012
  • Forever Love Ribbons single

    Date
    2012
  • 3c Peace of 1783 block of four with inscription by James A. Farley

  • 5c Proprietary general issue revenue stamp plate proof

    Date
    1875-1883
  • 3c Washington single on 1860 Lincoln political campaign cover

  • Leavitt cancelling machine patent model

    Date
    1879
  • Jerusalem to New York cover on album page

    Date
    February 28, 1936
  • Tel Aviv postmarked postage stamps and cut corners on album page

    Date
    1936-1938
  • Semi-Postal Stamp

    Date
    2002
  • Overprint on 50c stamp of Perak single

    Date
    1898
  • $10 Stamp Duty artist sketch

    Date
    1877
  • 55c Ohio Class submarine single

    Date
    March 27, 2000
  • Cover

    Date
    April 27, 1864
  • Commemorative Panel Pane

    Date
    2000
  • WAF censored FPO 167 cover on album page

    Date
    May 7, 1941
  • 20c Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) single

    Date
    January 12, 1984
  • 33c Pioneer 10 single

    Date
    November 18, 1999
  • First Day Cover

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    2000
  • 15c W. C. Fields single

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    January 29, 1980
  • 29c Lilac single

    Date
    May 15, 1993
  • 22c U.S. Constitution - Bicentennial booklet single

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    August 28, 1987
  • 29c Large-Flowered Trillium single

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    July 24, 1992
  • 32c Chrysler Building single

    Date
    May 28, 1998
  • 5c Milk Wagon single

    Date
    September 25, 1987

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