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  • 13 Cigars Class B Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1955
  • 20c Canoeing, 40c Basketball and 50c Hockey souvenir sheet first day of issue

    Date
    October 12, 1967
  • 1 3/4 ounces Tobacco taxpaid revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1955
  • 200 Cigars Class B Series 124 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1954
  • 2c Narcotic revenue stamp single

    Date
    1963
  • 12 Cigars Class F Series 124 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1954
  • Warning sign

    Date
    1963
  • 2 ounces Tobacco taxpaid revenue stamp block of six

    Date
    1955
  • 5 Cigars Class E Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • 3c Narcotic revenue stamp pane of 25

    Date
    1963
  • $5 Documentary Series 1952 revenue stamp single

    Date
    1952
  • 1865 adhesive label of S.A. Taylor’s Albany Letter Express

    Date
    c. 1970
  • 3/8 ounce Snuff Series123 taxpaid revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1953
  • 10c Documentary Series 1951 revenue stamp pane of 100

    Date
    1951
  • 5 Cigarettes Class A Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp sheet of 100

    Date
    1955
  • Mt. McKinley National Park slogan cancel on postcard

    Date
    July 17, 1967
  • 22c YMCA Youth Camping single

    Date
    October 7, 1985
  • Award for service to Savings Bonds Program certificate

    Date
    November 1, 1967
  • Shreve & Houston RPO clerk's handstamp

    Date
    1961
  • 6 ounces Snuff Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • 1 pound Tobacco taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • 13 Cigars Class D Series 124 taxpaid revenue stamp block of 20

    Date
    1954
  • 2 ounces Tobacco taxpaid revenue stamp block of nine

    Date
    1955
  • Albany Letter Express label from 1st printing of 500

    Date
    c. 1970

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  • Date:"1960s"
  • Topic
    • Cold War, 1945-1989 10639
    • U.S. Stamps 616
    • WW II 518
    • World War, 1939-1945 518
    • International Stamps & Mail 354
    • The Gilded Age (1877-1920) 320
    • The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) 320
    • Great Depression 318
    • Covers & Letters 117
    • Postal Employees 89
    • Botany 81
    • Plants 81
    • Animals 80
    • Humanitarian Causes 75
    • Organizations & Associations 69
    • Art & Photography 67
    • Political Figures 67
    • Military & Policing Forces 58
    • Hunting 55
    • Nature conservation 55
    • New Acquisitions 55
    • Postal Administration 50
    • Sports 48
    • Architecture 45
    • The Environment 45
  • Type
    • Tax stamps 9689
    • Postage stamps 1422
    • Certified plate proofs 256
    • Correspondence 234
    • Covers & letters 234
    • Archival materials 177
    • Mail Processing Equipment 107
    • Employee Gear 86
    • Postal stationery 58
    • Works of art 38
    • Evidence, Criminal 35
    • Maps 33
    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 22
    • Transportation Equipment & Models 11
    • Printing and printmaking equipment 10
    • Identifying artifacts 9
    • Photographs 7
    • NPM Archives 4
    • Postal money orders 2
  • Date
    • 1860s 1
    • 1880s 1
    • 1900s 4
    • 1910s 320
    • 1920s 320
    • 1930s 536
    • 1940s 10698
    • 1950s 10676
    • 1970s 10668
    • 1980s 10639
    • 1990s 18
    • 2000s 1
    • 2010s 67
  • Place
    • United States of America 11168
    • VATICAN CITY 210
    • National Postal Museum 150
    • PUERTO RICO 148
    • Canal Zone 73
    • Louisiana 51
    • MEXICO 47
    • Georgia 45
    • New York 27
    • Ryukyu Islands 27
    • District of Columbia 26
    • Pennsylvania 26
    • Virginia 25
    • Ohio 22
    • Illinois 16
    • California 13
    • Massachusetts 12
    • GREAT BRITAIN 11
    • Washington 10
    • Florida 9
    • CHINA 8
    • Hawaii 8
    • Tennessee 8
    • Maryland 7
    • North Carolina 7
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    • African Americans 26
    • Hispanics 7
    • Latinos 7
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    • Usage conditions apply 1202
    • CC0 502
    • Not determined 363
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