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Photograph was edited for publication purposes Photograph article dated October 12, 1950 partially reads, "Roy C. Mitchell, a philatelist since 1892, prepared the unique collection of 32 sheets of stamps, each bearing half a dozen specimens and each connected in some way with the history of California...Mitchell worked five years to complete the Centennial Collection. In it are stamps bearing the pictures of Presidents Jackson, Lincoln, Taylor and Grant." Pictured is Roy C. Mitchell as he explains stamp collection to Shirley Guilbault.
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Stamp collections--California--San Fernando Valley Stamp collectors--United States Men--California--San Fernando Valley Women--California--San Fernando Valley Valley Times Collection photographs
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