Bioorganic Chemistry (through Cyrus R. Creveling, Ph.D.): 61 German 

 hydrometers (1984.0046). 



U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (through Peter A. 

 Anastasi): 5 stamp panes and 5 die proofs for Migratory Bird Hunting and 

 Conservation federal revenue stamps, 1978-83 seasons (1983.0212); pane of 

 30 stamps and the die proof for the 1983-84 season of Migratory Bird 

 Hunting and Conservation federal revenue stamps (1983.0635). 



U.S. Department of Transportation, Federal Railroad Administration, 



Transportation Test Center (through Wade D. Dorland): RS-1 road switcher 

 diesel locomotive built by the American Locomotive Company in 1942 

 (1983.0505). 



U.S. Department of the Treasury, U.S. Mint (through Donna Pope): 26 coins 

 issued by the U.S. Mint, 1980-81 (1983.0678); 2 5-piece sets of 1983 U.S. 

 proof coins (1983.0679). 



U.S. Federal Maritime Commission: Kelvin-White folding parallel rule used on 

 ships to read charts (1984.1002). 



U.S. Panama Canal Commission (through F. A. Cotton): 7 pieces of Minton 

 china, 6 pieces of silverware, and a crystal goblet and wine glass used 

 as official service by the Panama Canal Government (1984.0127); General 

 Services Bureau (through Col. Robert D. Banning): 36,849 stamps, covers, 

 postal stationery, proofs, models, dies, art, designs, sketches, and 

 philatelic material illustrating the postal history of the Panama Canal 

 Zone (1983.0125). 



U.S. Postal Service (through William F. Bolger): philatelic cover carried 

 aboard the Space Shuttle Challenger , August 30 - September 5, 1983 

 (1983.0527); Customer Service Department (through Jack Williams): pane of 

 50 stamps, 3 American Society of Civil Engineers first day of issue 

 cacheted covers, and a program celebrating the centennial of the opening 

 of the Brooklyn Bridge, May 24, 1983 (1983.0556); Office of International 

 Postal Affairs, International Relations Branch (through Michael J. 

 Regan): 5,392 stamps, 96 souvenir sheets, 11 mini sheets, 10 presentation 

 folders, 2 panes, and 2 first day covers from the People's Republic of 

 China, Guernsey, India, Japan, Spain, Spanish Andorra, and Spanish Sahara 

 (1984.0282); Stamp Management Branch, Stamps Division (through James R. 

 Williams): 3,750 mint stamps, 108 souvenir pages, 42 commemorative 

 panels, 36 souvenir cards, 24 stamped envelopes, 15 post cards, 3 air 

 letter sheets, and a proof sheet (1983.0138); 42 commemorative panels of 

 U.S. stamps (1984.0281). 



U.S. Veterans Administration Medical Center 622 (through Georgia Simmons): 

 deep body rectal thermometer in wooden case, ca. 1945 (1982.0217). 



Mrs. Forest E. Vail: leather ration book container with meat tokens, gas 

 coupons, ration books, and an application form, WW II (1984.0215). 



Pablo E. Vasquez: 2 pairs of boots, a calf and goatskin boot, an alligator 

 leather boot, and a partially made boot in 2 fragments, all made by Mr. 

 Vasquez in 1962 and 1983 (1983.0721). 



Ruth F. Venable: blue bisque porcelain egg and stand hand-painted with 

 enamel and gilt by Mrs. Venable in 1974 (1984.0722). 



University of Virginia, Alderman Library, Manuscript Department (through 

 Michael Plunkett): 3 towels and a tablecloth of woven linen and a ball of 

 homespun linen yarn all made by women of the Pitman family of Shenandoah 

 County, Virginia (1984.1055); Chemical Engineering Department (through 

 Dolly Prenzel and J. D. Sims): 10 temperature recording and controlling 

 devices (1982.0089). 



Vital Signs, Inc. (through T. I. Wall): Downs CPAP clear soft cushion face 



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