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(Addressee name and address have been blurred out for privacy.)" loading="lazy" /> </a> </div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-title c-field--type-string c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"><div><a href="/heritage/stories/friday-find-these-1957-stamps-honored-us-coast-and-geodetic-survey" hreflang="en">Friday Find: These 1957 stamps honored the U.S. Coast and Geodetic Survey</a></div></div></div></div> </article> </div></div></div> <div class="field field--name-field-node-link-text-override field--type-string field--label-hidden"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/heritage/stories/friday-find-these-1957-stamps-honored-us-coast-and-geodetic-survey"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-node-link-text-override c-field--type-string c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item">Post from the past: Mid-century stamps honored nation's first science agency</div></div></div> </a></div> </div> </div> </section> <section class="l-section paragraph paragraph--type-labeled-and-overridable-node-ref paragraph--display-mode-default hide-focus-area-text" data-observe-resizes > <div class="l-section__content"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-referenced-node c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <article class="node node--type-story node--promoted node--display-mode-focus-area-landscape-image-content-link c-article"> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-node-focus-area c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__items"><div class="c-field__item"><a href="/charting">Charting</a> </div></div></div></div> <div class="c-field c-field--name-field-image c-field--type-entity-reference c-field--label-hidden"> <div class="c-field__content"><div class="c-field__item"> <a href="/stories/bringing-nautical-charts-of-erie-canal-into-digital-era" hreflang="en"><img title="an areal view of Waterford Park, Erie canal, New York, during a festival (Image credit: Erie Canalway National Heritage Corridor/Halldor K. 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