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5c indigo Garfield single

Postal Museum

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Object Details

Printer

American Bank Note Company

Depicts

James Abram Garfield, American, 1831 - 1881

Description

unused; perf 12

Date

1888

Object number

1980.2493.1538

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

soft porous paper; ink (indigo) / engraving

Place

United States of America

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National Postal Museum Collection

Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm814d21a16-565d-4e9a-802f-a1d74cfd2b32

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.1538

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