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  • 6c South Carolina single

    Date
    September 12, 1970
  • Jenny flying over Great Wall first flight cover

    Date
    July 1, 1921
  • 50a Atom Diagram full sheet on album page

    Date
    1960
  • World War II Patriotic cover

    Date
    December 6, 1943
  • 2c Washington left plate block of six

    Date
    1903
  • 2c Army and Navy plate block of four

    Date
    1940
  • Postage Stamp

    Date
    2001
  • $2 Franklin top block of eight

    Date
    1920
  • Jerusalem to Leeds cover on album page

    Date
    February 16, 1927
  • 180 lire "St. Dominic" single

    Date
    May 25, 1971
  • Imperf pair of postage stamps on cover on album page

    Date
    1948
  • Tripoli cover on album page

    Date
    March 17, 1919
  • Metulla to Haifa Palestine cover on album page

    Date
    August 25, 1947
  • 42c Colorado Flag and Mountain coil single

    Date
    June 14, 2008
  • Bethlehem Palestine to Haifa cover on album page

    Date
    April 19, 1945
  • Folded letter from Paris office at Rue des Feuillantines

    Date
    December 11, 1870
  • Haifa double ring postmarks and other postal markings on cover on album page

    Date
    October 29, 1945
  • Dr. Sally K. Ride Stamp Collection Album 7 page 26

    Date
    1960-2012
  • 5c Bank Notes single

    Date
    November 10, 1988
  • $1 General Internal Revenue die proof

    Date
    1912
  • Postmarks from Ramat Gan Palestine on used stamps on album page

    Date
    1939-1940
  • 3c National Stamp Exhibition Farley special printing gutter pair

    Date
    1935
  • Haifa cover on album page

    Date
    September 11, 1947
  • Redirected Kefar Sava Registered Mail cover on album page

    Date
    December 25, 1947

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    • U.S. Stamps 6424
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    • Postage stamps 11817
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    • Postal stationery 419
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    • Certified plate proofs 4
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    • Transportation Equipment & Models 4
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    • Identifying artifacts 2
    • Exhibit Collection 1
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