eBay Items of the Week: 2/24/13 - 3/3/13

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Items up on eBay this week!
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Vintage Pamphlet

 Perth Amboy Savings Institution
1968 Pocket Calendar and 2 Shoe Horns


Rahway, NJ Pay Envelope
Savings Institution Bank Envelope


From September 1968
Frank Hunt Auto Repair Receipt
Old Bridge, NJ

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