Stamp Collection

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STAMPCOLLECTING a. S. Hational Museum. The American PHILATELICASSOCIATION 1886 Baional Musrum. ACCESSION CARD No 7 ORGANIZED SEPT 14'86. JAN MEMBERS Ad m Expire JUN 16 1886 23 1986 FIRST DAY OF ISSUE N. ent Crunmis 16801 USAA TON, PA

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om Members of the American Philatelic Associa- tion (now the American Philatelic Society) are shown at their annual convention in 1898 The Association was founded in 1886, the same year in which the first stamps were acquired for the National Postage Stamp Collection, now a part of the Smithsonian Institution. No. 86-2 GATES SERVICE * SMAL Item 878A © 1986 U.S. Postal Service. All Rights Reserved.