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2008 FRANK SINATRA Plate Block of 4 X 42 Cents US Postage Stamps

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Hollywood Oscar Winner Singer Actor Rat Pack Product DescriptionOn May 13, 2008, the USPS issued this 42cent, Frank Sinatra commemorative stamp in one design in a PressureSensitive Adhesive (PSA) pane of 20 stamps. With this stamp, designed by Richard Sheaff of Scottsdale, Arizona, the Postal Service honors Frank Sinatra, an Oscar-winning actor and a supreme [...]

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2009 THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE #4420a Block of 8 X 44 Cents US Postage Stamps

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Macy's Department Store Parade Thanksgiving Product DescriptionOn September 9 2009 at the Macy's department store New York City, NY; the USPS issued four se-tenant stamps, on a pane of 20, featuring a continuous design of a parade, including onlookers, giant balloons, a marching band and horses. The first stamp starting on the left, shows a [...]

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1972 STAMP COLLECTING #1474 Block of 4 X 8 Cents US Postage Stamps

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Philatelics Hobby Postage Stamps Philately History Product DescriptionOn November 11, 1972 in New York, NY., the USPS issued this 8 cent stamp in recognition of a hobby that is both educational and fun - and in response to numerous requests that collectors have a "stamp of their own." 1972 STAMP COLLECTING #1474 Block of 4 [...]

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1996 F SCOTT FITZGERALD #3104 Plate Block of 4 X 23 Cents US Postage Stamps

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Literary Arts Series Great Gatsby Jazz Age Product DescriptionOn September 27, 1996 in St. Paul, Minnesota the USPS honored novelist and short story writer Francis Scott Key Fitzgerald, an American writer of novels and short stories, whose works are evocative of the Jazz Age, a term he coined himself. He was widely regarded as one [...]

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The Philately of New Zealand - Innovation Born of Necessity, 1855-1955, Maynard Sundman Lecture 2011

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Robert P. Odenweller, recipient of many philatelic awards, spoke as part of the 9th annual Maynard Sundman lecture on February 5, 2011. Located halfway around the globe from precious stamp-making supplies, New Zealand's postal service used ingenious methods to recover and reuse materials, inadvertently adding to the richness of the philately of New Zealand. Mr. [...]

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Stamp Collecting & Inverted Jenny Plate Block Live!--APS Stampshow 2007

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Portland KATU AM Northwest's interview with Alex Haimann discussing rare stamps and postal history from the Inverted Jenny to a letter carried by the famous Pony Express. Fred Baumann, Director of Public Relations for the American Philatelic Society talks about the fun of stamp collecting and the 2007APS Stampshow in Portland, Orgeon. Tags: Collecting, Alex [...]

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1976 WINTER OLYMPICS #1695-98 Plate Block of 12 X 13 Cents US Postage Stamps

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21st Winter Olympics Innsbruck Australia Montreal Canada Product DescriptionOn July 16, 1976 in Lake Placid, NY., commemorated the 12th Winter Olympic Games at Innsbruck, Austria, and the 21st Olympiad held in Montreal, Canada. Interestingly, of the four sports represented, only running dates back to the original Greek Olympic Games Interestingly, of the four sports represented, [...]

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1980 EMILY BISSELL~ CHRISTMAS SEALS ~ TUBERCULOSIS #1823 Plate Block of 4 X 15 Cents US Postage Stamps

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Tuberculosis Christmas Seals Social Worker Product DescriptionOn May 31 1980 in Wilmington DE, the USPS honored Emily Bissell, American social worker and activist, best known as a crusader against tuberculosis. In 1907, Bissell she was drawn to the cause of helping people with tuberculosis (TB). She had already heard of an idea in Denmark in [...]

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1973 CHRISTMAS TREE #1508 Plate Block of 12 X 8 Cents US Postage Stamps

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Product DescriptionIn 1973 the USPS issued this 8 cent Christmas Tree stamp. Unlike the 1964 Homemakers stamp, which was designed to represent needlepoint (#1252), this issue was actually designed in needlepoint. It took the designer just ten days to create this work of art. 1973 CHRISTMAS TREE #1508 Plate Block of 12 x 8 cents [...]

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1995 RICHARD NIXON #2955 Plate Block of 4 X 32 Cents US Postage Stamps

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37th U.S. President Product DescriptionOn April 22, 1994, America's 37th President, Richard M. Nixon, passed away. In the long-standing tradition of honoring U.S. Presidents, a commemorative stamp was planned for release on the birthday of the year following his death. However, due to the rate change, the USPS. and the Nixon family agreed to delay [...]

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1982 LOVE STAMPS #1951 Block 6 X 20 Cents US Postage Stamps

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LOVE stamp series Product DescriptionOn February 1, 1982 in Boston MA, the USPS issued the 2nd addition to the popular LOVE stamp series. This issue was designed by artist Mary Faulconer of New York City, Faulconer used flowers to give greater feeling to the love theme. 1982 LOVE STAMPS #1951 Block 6 x 20 cents [...]

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Robert Frost Plate Block 4 USA 10 Cent Stamps #1526

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Mint Condition Product DescriptionRobert Frost plate block numbered set of 4 10 cent USA stamps. Scott #1526 Robert Frost Plate Block 4 USA 10 cent stamps #1526 Tags: Robert, #1526, Frost, Block, Cent, Stamps, plate

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1973 THOMAS PAINE - COMMON SENSE - the AMERICAN CRISIS #1292 Plate Block of 4 X 40 Cents US Postage Stamps

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Author The American Crisis Common Sense Revolutionary Pamphlets Founding Father of United States Product DescriptionOn April 3 1973 in New York, NY; the USPS honored Thomas Paine, one of the Founding Fathers of the United States. He was an author, pamphleteer, radical, inventor, intellectual, revolutionary, known most for his widely pamphlet "Common Sense" that advocated [...]

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LIBRARY of CONGRESS ~ AMERICA'S LIBRARY #3390 Plate Block of 4 X 33¢ US Postage Stamps

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Product DescriptionOn April 24, 2000 in Washington DC, the USPS celebrated the 200th birthday of America's oldest federal institution and the largest repository of knowledge in the world. The collections of the Library, whose main reading room is pictured on the stamp, expand by about 10,000 items every day. Today, the Library is an authority [...]

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Russia Russian Soviet Union Postage Stamps Block of 4 Paintings by White Russians, "Partisan Madonna" by MA Savitsky, 1967, Issued 28 Sep 1983 MNH

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Scott Catalog Number: 5187 Date of Issue: 28 Sep 1983 Country of Origin: Soviet Union Condition: Mint Never Hinged (MNH) Product DescriptionThis block of 4 stamps is from the former Soviet Union. The writing on the stamps is Russian. Paintings by White Russians, "Partisan Madonna" by MA Savitsky, 1967, Issued 28 Sep 1983, 20k Russia [...]

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1994 WWII - ROAD to VICTORY #2838 Plate Block of 10 X 29 Cents US Postage Stamps

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World War II series Product DescriptionIn 1994 the USPS issued ten new stamps to continue the five- year World War II series, tribute to the men and women who saved our world from the rule of tyranny. The theme of the 1944/1994 series is "1944: Road to Victory. "These stamps tell the story of the [...]

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1972 20th SUMMER OLYMPICS BICYCLING #1460 Plate Block of 10 X 6 Cents US Postage Stamps

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Olympic Games Munich Germany Product DescriptionOn August 17, 1972 in Washington DC., the USPS issued this 6 cent stamp depicting the sport of cycling, in the 20th Summer Olympic Games in Munich Germany. 1972 20th SUMMER OLYMPICS BICYCLING #1460 Plate Block of 10 x 6 cents US Postage Stamps Tags: plate, #1460, Block, 20th, OLYMPICS, [...]

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1970 APOLLO-SOYUZ MISSION #1570a Plate Block of 12 X 10 Cent US Postage Stamps

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Product DescriptionIn 1970 the USPS recognized the Apollo-Soyuz that was the first mission undertaken by Russian and American astronauts in a joint, peaceful quest into outer space. Issued as an attached pair, these stamps illustrate the main objective of the mission, which was a successful docking in space. 1970 APOLLO-SOYUZ MISSION #1570a Plate Block of [...]

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1985 AMERICAN HORSES #2155-58 Plate Block of 4 X 22 Cents US Postage Stamps

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Morgan Appaloosa Saddlebred Quarter Horse Product DescriptionIn 1985 the USPS issued this se-tenant block of four depicting American Horses. First domesticated by nomadic peoples in the third millennium B.C., the horse was brought to the new world by the Spanish in the 1500s. Included are the: Morgan, Appaloosa, Saddlebred, and the Quarter Horse 1985 AMERICAN [...]

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1974 HORSE RACING #1528 Plate Block of 12 X 10 Cents US Postage Stamps

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Kentucky Derby Churchill Downs Product DescriptionOn May 4, 1974 in Louisville, KY; the USPS celebrated the 100th running of the Kentucky Derby, that is held on the first Saturday in May at Churchill Downs in Louisville, Kentucky. The contest is for 3-year-old horses, running one and a quarter miles. It is the nation's oldest, continually-run [...]

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