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  • 3 Cigars Class D Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp block of six

    Date
    1953
  • Handstamp

    Date
    1988
  • Replica of a Pony Express saddle

    Date
    c. 1986
  • 20c Stock Transfer Series 1950 revenue stamp single

    Date
    1950
  • $10000 Stock Transfer Series 1950 revenue stamp booklet pane of four

    Date
    1950
  • 10c Narcotic revenue stamp block of six

    Date
    1919-1964
  • 10 Cigars Class A Series 124 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1954
  • 3 pounds Snuff taxpaid revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1954
  • 20c Stock Transfer Series 1951 revenue stamp block of six

    Date
    1951
  • 5 Cigarettes Class A Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • 20c Vietnam Veterans Memorial single

    Date
    November 10, 1984
  • 400 lire UNESCO Speech single

    Date
    December 3, 1981
  • Handstamp

    Date
    1987
  • Handstamp

    Date
    1988
  • $1.10 Documentary revenue stamp single

    Date
    1954
  • Handstamp

    Date
    1989
  • Handstamp

    Date
    1988
  • Handstamp

    Date
    1987
  • 22c Flag and Fireworks single

    Date
    1987
  • 3c Narcotic revenue stamp pane of 25

    Date
    1963
  • 18c National Farmer's Bank single

    Date
    August 28, 1981
  • 44c Transpacific Airmail single

    Date
    February 15, 1985
  • 20c Washington single

    Date
    April 14, 1982
  • Airmail Souvenir Sheet

    Date
    November 24, 1989

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    • Cold War, 1945-1989 10639
    • U.S. Stamps 847
    • WW II 465
    • World War, 1939-1945 465
    • The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) 319
    • Great Depression 317
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    • International Stamps & Mail 264
    • Animals 214
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    • Contemporary (1990-present) 85
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    • Covers & Letters 60
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    • Tax stamps 9661
    • Postage stamps 1702
    • Mail Processing Equipment 671
    • Correspondence 133
    • Covers & letters 133
    • Archival materials 89
    • Employee Gear 69
    • Postal stationery 59
    • Works of art 36
    • Evidence, Criminal 21
    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 9
    • Maps 9
    • Transportation Equipment & Models 8
    • Identifying artifacts 4
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    • Certified plate proofs 2
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    • 1800s 1
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    • 1900s 7
    • 1910s 316
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    • 1930s 481
    • 1940s 10640
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    • 1970s 10645
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    • 2000s 2
    • 2010s 12
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    • United States of America 10995
    • District of Columbia 235
    • VATICAN CITY 180
    • PUERTO RICO 150
    • National Postal Museum 149
    • TUNISIA 71
    • New York 70
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    • St. Helena 69
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    • California 44
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    • Maryland 23
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    • Ohio 21
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