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HISTORY OF THE
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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA.
BY JOHN K. TIFFANY,
Author of THE PHILATELICAL LIBRARY,
President of the American Philatelic Association and of the St. Louis Philatelic
Society. Honorary Member of the Philatelic Society of London.
Corresponding Member of the Societe Francaise de
Timbrologie, the Societies of Dresden,
Wurtemburg, Etc.