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  • Photograph of US mail streetcar

    Date
    c. 1896
  • 5c Winged Globe rotary press printing plate block of four

    Date
    1931
  • $1 Map of Nauru, Artifacts single

    Date
    1973
  • 1000 lire Papal Arms, Pope John Paul II and Map single

    Date
    November 9, 1989
  • Glass lantern slide - stamps, cancellation marks

    Date
    1890-1920
  • 1c Silver Tax Series 1941 revenue stamp block of four

    Date
    1941
  • 39c Snowflake booklet single

    Date
    October 5, 2006
  • It Can Happen To You postal fraud booklet

    Date
    November 1957
  • 8c Winged Globe plate proof

  • Yajur Nesher Palestine registered cover on album page

    Date
    January 6, 1946
  • Stampless Cover

    Date
    1856
  • 8c Pan-American Canal Locks at Sault Ste. Marie large die proof

    Date
    1901
  • 6p Players and Crowd single

    Date
    June 1, 1966
  • Forever Latin Music Legends: Celia Cruz single

    Date
    2011
  • 2c carmine William H. Seward vending coil pair

    Date
    June 7, 1909
  • $11.75 Piggyback Space Shuttle single

    Date
    November 19, 1998
  • Presorted First-Class (25c) Colored Eagle on Gold Background single

    Date
    May 12, 2004
  • Graf Zeppelin World Flight cover

    Date
    1929
  • Hadar Hacarmel B.O., Haifa postmark on cover on album page

    Date
    June 3, 1942
  • 3c Supreme Court Building plate proof

    Date
    July 17, 1950
  • Postmarks for Bethlehem Palestine on used stamps on album page

  • 15 lire Cartographer single

    Date
    March 8, 1966
  • Postmarks for Qiryat Haim on used stamps on album page

  • Postmarks from Jaffa Palestine on used stamps on album page

    Date
    1933-1939

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    • U.S. Stamps 10295
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    • Postage stamps 18421
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    • Certified plate proofs 2041
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    • Postal stationery 593
    • Photographs 521
    • Identifying artifacts 392
    • Mail Processing Equipment 335
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    • Works of art 119
    • Labor Unions & Associations Material 95
    • Printing and printmaking equipment 69
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    • Transportation Equipment & Models 52
    • Postal money orders 47
    • Evidence, Criminal 39
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