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"Lindbergh Again Flies the Air Mail," February 1928
Charles A. Lindbergh became a household name after he made the first nonstop flight from New York to Paris in May 1927. But he didn't...
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A Boyhood Letter That Didn't Get Delivered, 1947
In December 1947, John Schott was an 11-year-old living in Cleveland Heights, Ohio. If he was a baseball fan - and I suspect he was...
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An Order for a Replacement Part from 1891
This 1-cent postal card shown in Figure 1 was issued by the Post Office in 1886. In the US Scott Catalog, it is number UX9. It is a...
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A Personally Special George Washington FDC from 1982
First Day Covers (FDCs) are a popular collecting item. Some collectors focus on a single stamp and acquire as many different cachets as...
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Official Stamped Envelope from 1988
In the 1870s and again in the 1980s, the Post Office issued stamps and stamped envelopes that were used by agencies of the Federal...
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