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  • Jaffa-Express cancels and other postal markings on cover on album page

    Date
    July 30, 1942
  • Graf Zeppelin Holland Flight cover

    Date
    1929
  • Haifa to England Registered Mail cover on album page

    Date
    February 3, 1943
  • Mexican-American War folded letter

    Date
    September 17, 1846
  • World War II Patriotic cover

    Date
    May 27, 1943
  • Nahalal cancels and other postal markings on cover on album page

    Date
    May 6, 1947
  • Weyanoke, LA postmaster's file John Minor Wisdom reccomendation letter

    Date
    May 1, 1956
  • Damaged pneumatic mail letter

    Date
    February 21, 1898
  • 5c Army on "Returned to Sender, Service Suspended" cover

    Date
    November 29, 1941
  • Political campaign mailer

    Date
    2020
  • Weyanoke, LA postmaster's file Service Award notifcation letter

    Date
    August 16, 1994
  • Holon postmarks and other postal markings on cover on album page

    Date
    January 4, 1948
  • Hadera postmarks and other postal markings on cover on album page

    Date
    November 28, 1944
  • British registered mail cover with Polish FPO cancel on album page

    Date
    June 7, 1947
  • Haifa cover on album page

    Date
    December 3, 1945
  • Polish censored FPO 112 cover on album page

    Date
    September 13, 1945
  • Weyanoke, LA postmaster's file customer note

    Date
    November 30, 1966
  • Haifa Mt. Carmel to Holland cover on album page

    Date
    December 13, 1939
  • Qiryat Haim cover on album page

    Date
    May 9, 1947
  • Rosh Pinna Palestine registered cover with postage on album page

    Date
    July 4, 1943
  • Weyanoke, LA postmaster's file customer wedding invitation

    Date
    November 29, 1969
  • Damascus to Cairo cover on album page

    Date
    December 30, 1918
  • American Red Cross postcard

    Date
    March 16, 1919
  • Jaffa to Cairo censored postcard on album page

    Date
    July 26, 1918

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  • Topic:"Covers & Letters"
  • Topic
    • Covers & Letters 3226
    • Sidney N. Shure Collection 1909
    • WW II 270
    • World War, 1939-1945 270
    • Civil War and Reconstruction (1860-1877) 214
    • National Stamp Collection 188
    • New Acquisitions 125
    • American Expansion (1800-1860) 109
    • 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
  • Date
    • 1760s 3
    • 1770s 6
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    • 1800s 13
    • 1810s 12
    • 1830s 52
    • 1840s 108
    • 1850s 51
    • 1860s 225
    • 1870s 93
    • 1880s 11
    • 1890s 15
    • 1900s 12
    • 1910s 68
    • 1920s 31
    • 1930s 300
    • 1940s 370
    • 1950s 91
    • 1960s 117
    • 1970s 80
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    • 1990s 25
    • 2000s 8
    • 2010s 35
    • 2020s 34
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    • Palestine 1101
    • United States of America 344
    • Great Britain 258
    • Occupation of Palestine 258
    • New York 220
    • Louisiana 130
    • Illinois 126
    • FRANCE 109
    • ISRAEL 80
    • Germany 76
    • District of Columbia 59
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