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  • Polish FPO 114 air mail cover with British stamp written in Polish on album page

    Date
    February 20, 1946
  • Los Angeles-Mexico City-Newark flight cover signed by Amelia Earhart

    Date
    May 8-9, 1935
  • Haifa to Affula cover on album page

    Date
    September 8, 1943
  • Confederate cover with U. S. postal issue used after secession

    Date
    Postmark: DEC 26 / 1860
  • World War II Patriotic cover

    Date
    December 19, 1942
  • 4c Dag Hammarskjold invert on first day cover

    Date
    October 23, 1962
  • Confederate mourning cover

    Date
    December 22, 1863
  • Polish registered mail cover with British stamps on album page

    Date
    April 6, 1946
  • 5c Hoyer & Ludwig single on cover

    Date
    November 19, 1861
  • World War II Patriotic cover

    Date
    March 15, 1943
  • Jaffa Palestine to New York City New York USA airmail cover on album page

    Date
    June 10, 1947
  • Tripoli cover on album page

    Date
    April 10, 1919
  • Graf Zeppelin First America Flight post card

    Date
    1929
  • Graf Zeppelin World Flight postcard

    Date
    1929
  • 1c Liberty postal card trial color proof

    Date
    1873
  • World War II Patriotic cover

    Date
    October 5, 1943
  • Haifa to Chicago cover on album page

    Date
    November 12, 1947
  • Safad Palestine registered cover on album page

    Date
    January 21, 1946
  • World War II Patriotic cover

    Date
    November 23, 1944
  • Tel Aviv to Benei Beraq cover on album page

    Date
    June 10, 1947
  • Djounie cover on album page

    Date
    December 29, 1918
  • World War II Patriotic cover

    Date
    1942
  • "Mrs. Medgar Evers" cover

    Date
    June 17, 1963
  • Jerusalem cachet cover with commemorative handstamp on album page

    Date
    December 21, 1949

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  • Topic:"Covers & Letters"
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    • Covers & Letters 3226
    • Sidney N. Shure Collection 1909
    • WW II 270
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    • National Stamp Collection 188
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    • Postal Employees 94
    • John P. V. Heinmuller Collection of Zeppelin Covers 81
    • Floyd S. Leach Collection 76
    • Contemporary (1990-present) 61
    • Cold War, 1945-1989 58
    • Alexander McBride Collection of U.S. Patriotic Covers 42
    • Balloons (Aircraft) 33
    • Postal Stationery 28
    • The Gilded Age (1877-1920) 28
    • International Stamps & Mail 23
    • Election Materials 17
    • Great Depression 13
    • Sports 9
    • The Roaring Twenties (1920-1929) 8
    • Colonial Era (1607-1776) 7
    • Early Nation's Period (1776-1800) 6
    • Postal Administration 6
  • Type
    • Correspondence 3152
    • Covers & letters 3152
    • NPM Archives 41
    • Postal stationery 21
    • Postage stamps 7
    • Loan 2
    • Archival materials 1
    • Certified plate proofs 1
    • Works of art 1
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    • 1760s 3
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    • FRANCE 109
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