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GUSN-222743
Green National Capital Sesquicentennial postage stamp. The picture is the White House and a bit of its front lawn. There is a stamp made by the post office over the postage stamp. Postage was three cents.
postage stamps
wood (plant material)
ink
Stamp, Postage
"1800 WASHINGTON 1950 / THE WHITE HOUSE / NATIONAL CAPITAL SESQUICENTENNIAL" (printed)
"EASY WAY" (The rest is indecipherable, but there are two more lines beneath.)
Original to Phillips House (Salem, Mass.),
Unknown
1 7/16 (W) (inches)
Gift of the Stephen Phillips Memorial Charitable Trust for Historic Preservation
2006.44.2689
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