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July, 1958 up to 4 cents 22 cents unused, mint, never hinged, vintage australian postage stamps in a strip. Usps and thirdparty vendors offer a variety of ways to track and pay for postage. Once a jolly swagman campd by a billabong and he sand as he shoved that jumback in his tuckerbag. In the us, they are still valid for postage at their face value. The stamp features james drakes action photograph of palmer at the 1964 united states open at congressional country club in bethesda, maryland.
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