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  • 4c Junk small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • Photograph of postal employees in the Postal Savings Office, New York City

    Date
    October 13, 1914
  • Censored Stampless Cover

    Date
    1916
  • Incident Report

    Date
    1918
  • Note from pilot Max Miller to Benjamin Lipsner

    Date
    November 29, 1918
  • Treasury Ledger

    Date
    1913
  • Treasury Ledger

    Date
    1918
  • 10c Narcotic revenue stamp block of ten

    Date
    1919-1964
  • 2c Andrew Jackson Panama-Pacific small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • 2c Washington Farwell Company group 4 type B vending coil pair

    Date
    1910
  • 24c Winfield Scott Agriculture Department Panama-Pacific small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • 24c Washington Panama-Pacific small die proof

    Date
    1915
  • WWI US Navy mail

    Date
    1917-1919
  • Treasury Ledger

    Date
    1915-1920
  • 10c Narcotic revenue stamp pane of 50

    Date
    1919-1964
  • 25c Narcotic revenue stamp block of 10

    Date
    1919-1964
  • World War I cover and letter

    Date
    c. 1918
  • Photograph of Earle Ovington

    Date
    1911
  • Treasury Ledger

    Date
    1919-1920
  • Letter about leasing post office equipment

    Date
    May 25, 1911
  • Censored Stampless Cover

    Date
    1916
  • Treasury Ledger

    Date
    1915
  • Incident Report

    Date
    1919
  • Incident Report

    Date
    1919

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  • Date:"1910s"
  • Topic
    • National Stamp Collection 1009
    • U.S. Stamps 1005
    • The Gilded Age (1877-1920) 534
    • The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) 328
    • WW II 323
    • World War, 1939-1945 323
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    • Great Depression 310
    • International Stamps & Mail 94
    • USPOD Collection of Panama-Pacific Die Proofs 76
    • Covers & Letters 68
    • Benjamin B. Lipsner Airmail Collection 60
    • Postal Administration 50
    • Military & Policing Forces 41
    • U.S. Related Areas 25
    • Postal Employees 22
    • Postage stamps 15
    • John P. V. Heinmuller Collection of Zeppelin Covers 13
    • Mail Processing 13
    • Architecture 12
    • Technology & Inventions 8
    • Transportation 8
    • Animals 6
    • Art 6
    • Floyd S. Leach Collection 6
  • Type
    • Postage stamps 1298
    • Correspondence 451
    • Covers & letters 451
    • Tax stamps 352
    • Archival materials 197
    • Photographs 107
    • Certified plate proofs 64
    • Mail Processing Equipment 57
    • Postal stationery 41
    • Evidence, Criminal 34
    • Employee Gear 21
    • Works of art 6
    • Transportation Equipment & Models 5
    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 4
    • Artifacts 3
    • Identifying artifacts 3
    • Loan 3
    • Postal money orders 3
    • Printing and printmaking equipment 3
    • Designs (concepts) 2
    • Maps 1
  • Date
    • 1840s 2
    • 1860s 2
    • 1870s 3
    • 1880s 4
    • 1890s 14
    • 1900s 62
    • 1920s 430
    • 1930s 335
    • 1940s 326
    • 1950s 321
    • 1960s 320
    • 1970s 331
    • 1980s 316
    • 2000s 1
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    • United States of America 2024
    • China 81
    • GERMANY 43
    • District of Columbia 42
    • FRANCE 37
    • New York 32
    • New Mexico 29
    • Pennsylvania 27
    • Philippines 23
    • Russia 21
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    • Rhodesia 11
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    • National Postal Museum 5
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    • Usage conditions apply 1402
    • CC0 307
    • Not determined 189
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