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  • Postage Stamp

    Date
    2001
  • First Day Domestic Card

    Date
    Canceled: June 29, 1972 (FDI)
  • 10c Trans-Mississippi Hardships of Emigration bi-colored essay

    Date
    1898
  • Postal markings list for Ber Yacob Palestine on album page

    Date
    August 16, 1948
  • 80c Golden Anniversary airmail essay

    Date
    1964
  • 32c Madonna and Child single

    Date
    Octover 19, 1995
  • Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Owney tag

    Date
    April 25, 1892
  • 1c Columbus in Sight of Land block of four

    Date
    1893
  • 3c Pony Express plate block of four

    Date
    1940
  • Album page with used singles and covers

  • Jerusalem to Alexandria cover on album page

    Date
    July 8, 1924
  • Napoleonic Italy album page with folded letter

    Date
    1808
  • 33c Lunt and Lynn single

    Date
    1999
  • 13c Benjamin Harrison signed margin blocks of four

    Date
    1902
  • 44c Queen of Hearts single

    Date
    May 8, 2009
  • 70 gallons Rectified Spirits Class B revenue stamp booklet of 100

    Date
    1940
  • 13 Cigars Class A Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp single

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    1953
  • 12 Cigars Class E Series 123 taxpaid revenue stamp single

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    1953
  • Essay

    Date
    1903
  • Stamp

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    1989
  • 2 7/8 ounces Tobacco Strips Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

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

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    1953
  • 10 Cigars Class E Series 125 taxpaid revenue stamp single

    Date
    1955
  • 25c Narcotic revenue stamp single

    Date
    1963

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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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    • Maps 165
    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 145
    • Printing and printmaking equipment 76
    • Postal money orders 71
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    • Artifacts 20
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    • 1770s 15
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    • 1840s 334
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