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19th century illustration of a scientist with microscopes, books, vials and bottles delving into the mysteries of the natural world.   From a 1876 copy of Harper's New Monthly Magazine.
Plate 8 Penny Black with red Maltese cross and blue Handsworth PYP Box cancellation. It is the world's first adhesive postage stamp.
Old Victorian Newspaper page, 1870s, Notices and Adverts
The Iguazu Falls are the largest waterfall system in the world. Stretching almost 3km along the border of Argentina and Brazil, the falls are made up of roughly 275 different vertical drops, with heights varying from 60 meters - 82 meters. This makes the Iguazu Falls taller than Niagara Falls and twice as wide.
A page in a collector's stock album showing Swedish stamps. They have been placed under cellophane strips which protects the stamps. They are all commemorative issues and have been cancelled. Swedish postage stamps have a reputation of good design and execution. The collector's magnifying glass is on the album. Collector's Property Release available.
Ancient manuscript in codex, texture
Picturesque England with scene from Lake District from out-of-copyright 1891 book \
Facial Features Pattern Design on Banknote
Swiss 10 Rappen Strubel stamp held by tweezers.
Page of Victorian newspaper adverts, 1880s, 19th Century, Watch, Bicycle, corsets
1982 Transkei postage stamp with an illustration of Antonie van Leeuwenhoek (1632-1723), the first to observe single-cell organisms.
coat of arms of the City of London, which is one of a number of cities and boroughs in Greater London; London, United Kingdom
Bank of england coat of arms on a pound note
Marriage certificate 1891
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Pile of vintage metall (copper) coins.  Magnifying glass and   coins of the Russian Empire in the background kopyur. Antikvariat. Numismatics vintage background
2 Swiss Rayon stamps on envelope
Old Victorian newspaper page, 19th Century
Old Dutch coins from the province of Holland with ancient Dutch banknotes.
A copy of the original US Bill of Rights document outlining the 10 amendments to the US Constitution.  Note this replica is of the original proposed 12 amendments, the first two of which were not ratified.  So the third article is actually the first amendment right to freedom of speech.
Coat of arms on letterhead, symbol of the Republic of Guatemala to a color.
Number 50 Pattern Design on Banknote
Sacramento, California, USA - March 28, 2011: A 1998 USA postage stamp with a portrait of George Washington Carver (1864-1943). Carver was a botanist, inventor, educator, and agricultural researcher. He is perhaps best known for his work in finding hundreds of uses for peanuts.
Symbol of the city of Adelaide
Official seal of the Chairman of the Council of Ministers of the German Democratic Republic with the national coat of arms - GDR.
Old Victorian newspaper page, New Music, London Illustrated News, 1881
Vintage illustration from a book of my private collection: \
Brazil 1876 80 reis postage stamp with Dom Pedro II.
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