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Month/Year *</span></div> <div class="input"> <span style="width:47%;display:inline-block"> <select size="1" name="CardType" style="width:120px" tabindex="10"> <option value="Visa">Visa</option> <option value="MasterCard">MasterCard</option> <option value="American Express">American Express</option> <option value="Discover">Discover</option> </select> </span> <span style="width:51%;display:inline-block"> <select id="CardExpmn" size="1" name="CardExpmn" style="width:60px" tabindex="11"> <option value="">--Month--</option> <option value="01">01</option> <option value="02">02</option> <option value="03">03</option> <option value="04">04</option> <option value="05">05</option> <option value="06">06</option> <option value="07">07</option> <option value="08">08</option> <option value="09">09</option> <option value="10">10</option> <option value="11">11</option> <option value="12">12</option> </select>  <select id="CardExpyr" size="1" name="CardExpyr" style="width:60px" tabindex="12"> <option value="">--Year--</option> <option value="2012">2012</option> <option value="2013" selected>2013</option> <option value="2014">2014</option> <option value="2015">2015</option> <option value="2016">2016</option> <option value="2017">2017</option> <option value="2018">2018</option> <option value="2019">2019</option> <option value="2020">2020</option> <option value="2021">2021</option> <option value="2022">2022</option> </select> </span> </div> </div> <div class="left50"> <div class="label">Last Name *</div> <div class="input"><input id="last_name" tabindex="2" name="last_name" maxlength="250"/></div> <div class="label">Card Number *</div> <div class="input"><input id="CardNumber" tabindex="4" name="CardNumber" value="" maxlength="250"/></div> <div class="label">Address 2</div> <div class="input"><input id="address_line_2" tabindex="6" name="address_line_2" value="" maxlength="250"/></div> <div class="label"><span style="width:68%;display:inline-block">State *</span><span style="width:30%;display:inline-block">Zip Code *</span></div> <div class="input"> <span style="width:65%;display:inline-block"> <select size="1" id="state" name="state" style="width:165px" tabindex="8"> <option value="">-- please make a selection --</option> <option value="AL">Alabama</option> <option value="AK">Alaska</option> <option value="AS">American Samoa</option> <option value="AZ">Arizona</option> <option value="AR">Arkansas</option> <option value="AA">Armed Forces Americas</option> <option value="AE">Armed Forces Europe</option> <option value="AP">Armed Forces Pacific</option> <option value="CA">California</option> <option value="CO">Colorado</option> <option value="CT">Connecticut</option> <option value="DE">Delaware</option> <option value="DC">District of Columbia</option> <option value="FM">F.S. 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