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    Behind the Badge

    Learn how the U.S. Postal Inspection Service, the law enforcement arm of the Postal Service, helps protect you and discover tips to guard against scams and fraud.

    June 27, 2014 – Indefinitely

    Postal Museum

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    National Stamp Salon

    Browse tens of thousands of stamps, mail, medals, dies, and other artifacts from the National Philatelic Collection.

    September 22, 2013 – Permanent

    Postal Museum

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    World of Stamps

    See stamps that have shaped history and honored people and places around the world.

    September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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    Connect with U.S. Stamps

    Explore your own connection with stamps, create your own stamp design, and learn how stamps are produced.

    September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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    Stamps Around the Globe

    Browse stamps from every country that has ever produced stamps—including countries that no longer exist!

    September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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    Gems of American Philately

    Examine a 1918 Inverted Jenny and 12 other philatelic gems that are rarely on view.

    September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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    Mail Marks History

    Trace the journeys of three historic letters by analyzing different kinds of mail markings.

    September 22, 2013 – Permanent

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    Systems at Work

    Learn how mail travels from sender to recipient and how the process has changed over the last 200 years!

    December 14, 2011 – Permanent

    Postal Museum

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    Mail Call

    This exhibition addresses the emotional importance of mail to troops and their families during wartime and the logistics of delivering mail to troops.

    November 10, 2011 – Permanent

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    Airmail in America

    This exhibition examines the critical role the postal system played in the creation of America's commercial aviation industry.

    February 22, 2006 – Permanent

    Postal Museum

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    Customers and Communities

    This gallery focuses on the modern changes in mail service introduced at the turn of the 20th century.

    July 30, 1993 – Permanent

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    Moving the Mail

    Faced with the challenge of moving the mail quickly, the postal service looked to trains, automobiles, airplanes, and buses to deliver the mail.

    July 30, 1993 – Permanent

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    Binding the Nation

    This gallery provides an overview of mail service in America from colonial times through the 19th century.

    July 30, 1993 – Permanent

    Postal Museum

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