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  • 3c Francis Parkman plate proof

  • 2p Battle of Manila Bay vignette plate proof

    Date
    November 19, 1934
  • 5c John Charles Fremont on the Rocky Mountains plate proof

    Date
    June 2, 1898
  • 8c Giuseppe Garibaldi plate proof

    Date
    September 7, 1960
  • 2c Washington plate proof

    Date
    September 3, 1896
  • 2c Washington plate proof

    Date
    June 8, 1896
  • 3c Trucking Industry plate proof

    Date
    October 16, 1953
  • 15c Gamboa -- After plate proof

    Date
    May 26, 1939
  • 2c Farming in the West plate proof

    Date
    June 4, 1898
  • 4c Abraham Lincoln plate proof

    Date
    January 24, 1899
  • 4c Indian Hunting Buffalo plate proof

    Date
    June 8, 1898
  • 10c Daniel Webster plate proof

    Date
    November 3, 1897
  • 2c Farming in the West plate proof

    Date
    August 2, 1898
  • 2c Washington plate proof

    Date
    May 11, 1899
  • 2c Washington plate proof

    Date
    April 8, 1898
  • 2c Farming in the West plate proof

    Date
    July 6, 1898
  • 2c Royal Palms plate proof

    Date
    July 5, 1899
  • 1c Washington plate proof

    Date
    January 11, 1912
  • 3c Washington plate proof

  • 5c International Cooperation plate proof

    Date
    May 26, 1955
  • 6c Grandma Moses plate proof

  • 2c Washington plate proof

    Date
    October 18, 1895
  • 1c Franklin plate proof

    Date
    March 27, 1900
  • 1c Franklin plate proof

    Date
    April 2, 1900

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