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by Lloyd A. de Vries

1999 Issues
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  • The Celebrate the Century sets for the 1940s, 1950s and 1960s were issued during 1999. That part of the CTC series has its own page. We did not produce Dragon Cards for the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s sets.

    Click on the issue name to go to that section:

    Victorian Love (this page)
    Century: Big Bands (CTC 1999 page)
    Century: Antibiotics (CTC 1999 page)
    Century: Television (CTC 1999 page)
    Century: Jackie Robinson (CTC 1999 page)
    Irish Immigration (this page)
    Daffy Duck (this page)
    Century: NYC Baseball (CTC 1999 page)
    Century: School Desegregation (CTC 1999 page)
    Century: Dr. Seuss (CTC 1999 page)
    Billy Mitchell (this page)
    Coral Pink Rose (this page)
    All Aboard Trains (this page)
    Century: Martin Luther King, Jr (CTC 1999 page)
    Century: Moon Landing (CTC 1999 page)
    Century: Star Trek (CTC 1999 page)
    Century: Roger Maris (CTC 1999 page)
    Century: Beatles (CTC 1999 page)
    Year 2000 (this page)


    Victorian Love

    Dgn 76

    Dgn 76: Sc. 3274-5 Victorian Love — black-on-hot pink 5"x7" Dragon Card, Victorian-era woodcut of angels and old-fashioned telephone on a candy box; both denominations, First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

    Dgn 76c

    Dgn 76c: Sc. 3274-5 Victorian Love — black-on-hot pink 5"x7" Dragon Card, Victorian-era woodcut of angels and old-fashioned telephone on a candy box; both denominations, with first U.S. Love stamp, Sc. 1475. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    Irish Immigration

    Dgn 81

    Dgn 81: Sc. 3286 Irish Immigration — and Ireland's matching stamp on a green-on-white 5"x7" Dragon Card, drawing of an immigrant family, each country's First Day of Issue hand cancel on its stamp. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 81u

    Dgn 81u: Sc. 3286 Irish Immigration — green-on-white 5"x7" Dragon Card, drawing of an immigrant family, canceled on first day at AMERICAS '99 show (APS) in Orlando with show's pictorial sombrero cancel (20). — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Daffy Duck

    No copyrights were harmed in the production of this cachet! There's no picture and no mention of a certain Whacky Webfooted Waterfowl. (Warner Bros. didn't like the Tweety & Sylvester Dragon Card and canceled our license.) You, of course, are free to add pictures of your favorite mallard. In fact, we'll even supply one, a sticker — free! Your choice of two, shown on the right.

    Dgn 82

    Dgn 82: Sc. 3306 Daffy Duck — black-on-lime green 5"x7" Dragon Card, text and blank box instead of illustration. Each comes with a free Daffy Duck sticker that some may wish to put in the box, completing the cachet, but not us! Oh, no, that would be a violation of copyright. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

    Dgn 82a

    Dgn 82a: Sc. 3306 Daffy Duck — perforated "collectible card" (souvenir sheet) on a black-on-lime green 5½"x8½" Dragon Card, text and blank box instead of illustration. Each comes with a free Daffy Duck sticker that some may wish to put in the box, completing the cachet, but not us! Oh, no, that would be a violation of the copyright. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 82b

    Dgn 82b: Sc. 3307 Daffy Duck — imperforate "collectible card" souvenir sheet on a black-on-lime green 5½"x8½" Dragon Card, with a message from Daffy and a blank box instead of an illustration. Each comes with a free Daffy Duck sticker that some may wish to put in the completing the cachet, but not us! Oh, no, selling it that way would be a violation of copyright. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    Billy Mitchell

    Dgn 86

    Dgn 86: Sc. 3330 55¢ Billy Mitchell — turquoise-on-white 5"x7" Dragon Card, photos of Mitchell in dress uniform, flying his favorite De Havilland, the Osprey, directing the attack on the old battleships in 1921. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 86c

    Dgn 86c: Sc. 3330 55¢ Billy Mitchell — turquoise-on-white 5"x7" Dragon Card, photos of Mitchell in dress uniform, flying his favorite De Havilland, the Osprey, directing the attack on the old battleships in 1921 With Hap Arnold, Eddie Rickenbacker stamps. Arnold was his protégé and later as his superior, his supporter; after a chance meeting, he elevated Rickenbacker from chauffeur. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

    Coral Pink Rose Booklet

    Dgn 87

    Dgn 87: Sc. 3052 33¢ Coral Pink Rose booklet — Black on coral pink 5"x7" card, picture of rose, with Americover 99 show cancel (first day); single, perfed 3 sides. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

    Dgn 87a

    Dgn 87a: Sc. 3053 33¢ Coral Pink Rose booklet — Black on coral pink 5"x7" card, picture of rose, with Americover 99 show cancel (first day); single, perfed 3 sides. Sc. 3053 is slightly different size, perfed 3 sides. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

    Dgn 87b

    Dgn 87b: Sc. 3053 33¢ Coral Pink Rose booklet — Black on coral pink 5"x7" card, picture of rose, with Americover 99 show cancel (first day); single, perfed 3 sides. Sc. 3053 is slightly different size, perfed 2 sides. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

    Dgn 87c

    Dgn 87c: Sc. 3053 33¢ Coral Pink Rose booklet — Black on coral pink 5"x7" card, picture of rose, with Americover 99 show cancel (first day); single, perfed 3 sides. Sc. 3053 is slightly different size, perfed 4 sides. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

    Dgn 87d

    Dgn 87d: Sc. 3052-3 33¢ Coral Pink Rose booklet — Black on coral pink 5"x7" card, picture of rose, with Americover 99 show cancel (first day); single, perfed 3 sides. Both varieties (Sc. 3052 and 3053). — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 87e

    Dgn 87e: Sc. 3053 33¢ Coral Pink Rose booklet — Black on coral pink 5"x7" card, picture of rose, with large "MOWS" circular date stamp rarely seen on FDCs for this issue. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    Dgn 87f

    Dgn 87f: Sc. 3053 33¢ Coral Pink Rose booklet — booklet single on a black-on-coral pink 5"x7" Dragon Card, with small circular date stamp (first day); 3 Norfolk Island rose stamps issued at National Topical Stamp Show '99, Norfolk Islands pictorial first day cancel in red. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

    All Aboard! Passenger Trains

    Dgn 88

    Dgn 88: Sc. 3333-7 All Aboard Trains — vertical strip of 5 on a red-on-cream 5"x7" vertical format Dragon Card, showing streamlined observation car and emblems of the 5 railroads represented. StampShow '99 cancel + circular date stamp. (Stamps were issued at the show.) "Varnish" in the text was railroaders' slang for passenger service — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 88a

    Dgn 88a: Sc. 3333-7 All Aboard Trains — vertical strip of 5 on a red-on-cream 5"x7" vertical format Dragon Card, showing streamlined observation car and emblems of the 5 railroads represented. Union IL pictorial first day cancel. (There was also a ceremony at the museum there.) "Varnish" in the text was railroaders' slang for passenger service — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 88b

    Dgn 88b: Sc. 3333-7 All Aboard Trains — vertical strip of 5 on a red-on-cream 5"x7" vertical format Dragon Card, showing streamlined observation car and emblems of the 5 railroads represented. The First Day of Issue and small circular date stamps tie the new issues. — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 88c

    Dgn 88c: Sc. 3333-7 All Aboard Trains — vertical strip of 5 on a red-on-cream 5"x7" vertical format Dragon Card, showing streamlined observation car and emblems of the 5 railroads represented. With the Casey Jones and B&O Railroad stamps. First Day of Issue hand cancel. "Varnish" in the text was railroaders' slang for passenger service — larger illustration (new window).
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    A Dragon Card even I don't have! At the request of a customer who specialized in trains on stamps, I affixed 9 "combination" stamps (including a plate block of the B&O stamp) that he supplied. It's the only one like it in existence (if it is still in existence). I didn't even assign a number to it until listing it on my website. Call it "Dgn 88d." Click on the thumbnail on the right or here for a larger view.
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    MaxTrains

    MaxTrains: Sc. UX307-11 All Aboard Trains — Individual Sc. 3333-7 stamps on the faces of the matching USPS picture postal cards. Each stamp is tied by a circular date stamp; each card's indicia on the reverse is canceled by the First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).
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    The Year 2000

    Dgn 94

    Dgn 94: Sc. 3369 Year 2000 — black-on-brown 5"x7" Dragon Card, titled "End of the 1900s," a 1920s New Year's illustration, with 3 Washington cancels: First Day, December 31st and January 1st. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.25
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