Piece of mail in Smithsonian once contained the Hope Diamond
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As TODAY’s series “Mr. Smith Goes to the Smithsonian” continues, NBC’s Harry Smith reveals the surprising story behind a piece of mail held at the Smithsonian National Postal Museum: It’s the box in which jeweler Harry Winston mailed the famed Hope Diamond to the museum in 1958, paying postage of $2.44.Dec. 28, 2020
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