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  • Overprint on 80p stamp of German Togo single

    Date
    1914
  • 20c Balloons block of four

    Date
    March 31, 1983
  • 33c "The Cosby Show" single

    Date
    January 12, 2000
  • 5kr Franz Josef single

    Date
    1874-1880
  • $2.40 Moon Landing single

    Date
    July 20, 1989
  • 32c Volleyball single

    Date
    May 20, 1995
  • Hadar Hacarmel B.O., Haifa postmarks on stamps on album page

  • 50c Serengeti Lions single

    Date
    1961
  • Postmarks for Qiryat Haim on used stamps on album page

  • Civil War US Sanitary Commission cover

    Date
    c. 1862-1866
  • 37c Flag single

    Date
    June 7, 2002
  • 18c Headman of Barangay Inspecting Harvest single

    Date
    1951
  • Forever Great Film Directors: John Ford single

    Date
    2012
  • 33c Football single

    Date
    May 27, 2000
  • Holon postmarks on stamps on album page

  • Jerusalem to Berlin cover on album page

    Date
    August 10, 1923
  • 29c Apte Tarpon Fly single

    Date
    May 31, 1991
  • Forever Four Flags: Equality single

    Date
    2012
  • 22c Eastern Chipmunk single

    Date
    June 13, 1987
  • 32c Bugs Bunny pane of ten

    Date
    May 22, 1997
  • 20c Illinois single

    Date
    April 14, 1982
  • 37c+8c Stop Family Violence single

    Date
    October 8, 2003
  • 32c Madam C.J. Walker single

    Date
    January 28, 1998
  • 15c gray Franklin single

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