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Stamp Collector's Album

Creator:
unknown
Location:
Unknown place made
Origin Date:
1965-1970
Materials:
paper
Measurements:
overall: 11 in x 10 1/2 in x 1 5/8 in
Item ID:
71.2009.082.0781
Holding Institution:
Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum`
Available for Viewing:
No
Category:
Three-dimensional Objects

Description

One of five stamp collector's albums holding cardboard stock pages printed on one side with a light green grid and bound in a darker green leather cover with gilt trim and gilt edges on pages. Transparent sheets are interleaved with the printed pages. This album is a collection of stamps from outside of the United States with a Lincoln image or Lincoln-related theme and from the 1960s. The first seven pages of the album are focused on stamps from the Republique Togolaise. The stamps on the remaining pages are from various countries including Burundi, Cameroun, Republique Centrafricaine, Republique du Dahomey, Congo, Dominican Republic, Republique Gabonaise, Ras Al Khaima, Republique du Mali, Republique Islamique de Mauritanie, Nigeria, Rwanda, Suriname, Republique du Tchad, India, Venezuela, Grenada, Sharjah and Dependencies, Ajman, and Republica di San Marino. Part of the Lincoln Financial Foundation Collection, courtesy of the Indiana State Museum