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  • 2c Empire State Express Train single

    Date
    May 1, 1901
  • 13c Liberty Bell single

    Date
    November 25, 1975
  • 32c Rebecca Everingham single

    Date
    August 22, 1996
  • $15 multicolor Northern Pintail self-adhesive mini-sheet

    Date
    2001-2002
  • 44c Literary Arts: Julia de Burgos single

    Date
    September 14, 2010
  • First flight airmail cover

    Date
    June 7, 1947
  • Malcolm MacGregor Collection of Autographed Stamps album page

    Date
    c. 1950
  • 25 Cigars Class F Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp pane of twenty

    Date
    1955
  • 40c George S. Boutwell Rectified Spirits revenue stamp single

    Date
    1942-1957
  • 1 1/2 ounces Snuff Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of six

    Date
    1955
  • $2 Documentary Series 1952 revenue stamp single

    Date
    1952
  • 3 ounces Tobacco Strips Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp pane of 20

    Date
    1955
  • 5 Cigars Class B Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1953
  • 7 Cigars Class B Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • Postage Stamp

    Date
    1920
  • Postage Stamp

    Date
    2001
  • Union Patriotic Cover

    Date
    1861-1865
  • Haifa to Cairo censored cover on album page

    Date
    October 5, 1918
  • Rehovoth canceled overprints and postage stamps on album page

    Date
    1926-1929
  • 30c Shield, Eagle & Flags single

    Date
    1869
  • Stamp

    Date
    1988
  • 500 Cigars Class G Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of twenty

    Date
    1955
  • 5 Cigars Class G Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp sheet of 100

    Date
    1953
  • 50 Cigarettes Class A Series 124 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1954

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    • U.S. Stamps 12677
    • Cold War, 1945-1989 10639
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    • The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) 476
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    • Mail Processing Equipment 5725
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    • Postal stationery 1109
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    • Photographs 542
    • Identifying artifacts 402
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    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 145
    • Printing and printmaking equipment 76
    • Postal money orders 71
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    • 1770s 15
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    • 1840s 334
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