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2019 Issues
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Year of the Boar/Pig (this page) Uncle Sam's Hat Coil (page 2) U.S. Flag (page 2) California Dogface Butterfly (page 2) Gregory Hines (page 3) Jackie Robinson Centennial (page 3) Marvin Gaye (page 3) Vancouver Asahi baseball (page 3)

Transcontinental Railroad (page 4) USS Missouri (page 5) Frogs (page 5) Moon Landing (page 6) Woodstock (page 7) Tyrannosaurus Rex (page 7) Walt Whitman (page 7) Spooky Silhouettes (page 7)

Year of the Boar/Pig
Boar or Pig? The U.S. is calling it the Year of the Boar. Most other countries are using Pig. We'll go whole hog and use both!

Dgn 672: Sc. 5340 Year of the Boar — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. B&W pictorial postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

Dgn 672a: Sc. 5340 Year of the Boar — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. The 2019 stamp and an earlier U.S. Year of the Pig stamp (Sc. 3895L) are tied by the First Day of Issue pictorial hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 672b: Sc. 5340 Year of the Boar — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

Dgn 672c: Sc. 3161 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. Sheet version of Canada's P-rate and Canada's first-day cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 672cc: Sc. 3161 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. Corner stamp with selvage of Canada's P-rate and Canada's first-day cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 672d: Sc. 3163 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. Booklet version of Canada's P-rate and Canada's first-day cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 672e: Sc. 3161/63 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. Sheet and booklet versions of Canada's P-rate and Canada's first-day cancel. The sheet version has gold-foil on the Chinese icon in the upper right. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

Dgn 672f: Sc. 3164 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. Canada's international rate stamp and its first-day cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

Dgn 672g: Sc. 3161/3164 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. Canada's P (sheet) and international rate stamps and its first-day cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00

Dgn 672h: Sc. 5340/3161/3164 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. The U.S. and Canadian P sheet stamps are tied by their respective first-day cancels. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00

Dgn 672i: Sc. 5340 Year of the Boar — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. The U.S. stamp and China's 2019 New Year's Greeting stamp are tied by the pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 672j: Sc. 5340 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. The U.S. stamp and China's Year of the Pig stamps are tied by the pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

Dgn 672k: Sc. 5340 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. The U.S. stamp and the two stamps from China's Year of the Pig souvenir sheet are tied by the pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00

Dgn 672l: Sc. 5340 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. The U.S. stamp and Taiwan's two stamps are tied by the U.S. pictorial first-day postmark — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

Dgn 672m: Sc. 5340 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. The U.S. stamp and the Philippines' two stamps are tied by the U.S. pictorial first-day postmark — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 672n: Sc. 5340 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. The U.S. stamp and Thailand's stamp are tied by the U.S. pictorial first-day postmark — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 672o: Sc. 5340 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. The U.S. stamp and Singapore's self-adhesive stamp are tied by the U.S. pictorial first-day postmark. (Singapore's self-adhesive stamp was used in Dgn 673a below.) — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 672p: Sc. 5340 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. One copy of the U.S. stamp is tied by the Digital Color Postmark, another by the pictorial first-day postmark — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 673: Sc. 5340 Year of the Boar — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig icon and fireworks; design similar to Dgn 672 but more narrow. The U.S. stamp and Taiwan's souvenir sheet are tied by the U.S. pictorial first-day postmark — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

Dgn 673a: Sc. 5340 Year of the Boar — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig icon and fireworks; design similar to Dgn 672 but more narrow. The U.S. stamp and Singapore's three water-activated stamps are tied by the U.S. pictorial first-day postmark. (The self-adhesive stamp is on Dgn 672o above.) — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 673b: Sc. 5340 Year of the Boar — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig icon and fireworks; design similar to Dgn 672 but more narrow. One copy of the U.S. stamp is tied by the Digital Color Postmark, another by the pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

Dgn 674: Sc. TBA Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. Vertical format for the Canadian souvenir sheet. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

Dgn 674a: Sc. 5340 Year of the Pig — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Pig (Boar) icon and fireworks. Vertical format for use with the Canadian souvenir sheet. One copy of the U.S. stamp is tied by the Digital Color Postmark, another by the pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

Dgn 675: Sc. 5340 Year of the Boar — 5”x7” Dragon Card showing Asian-style drawings of pigs and other lunar new year symbols. Design licensed from a Singapore design firm. Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

Dgn 675a: Sc. 5340 Year of the Boar — 5”x7” Dragon Card showing Asian-style drawings of pigs and other lunar new year symbols. Design licensed from a Singapore design firm. Pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

Dgn 675b: Sc. 3161 Year of the Pig — 5”x7” Dragon Card showing Asian-style drawings of pigs and other lunar new year symbols. Design licensed from a Singapore design firm. Sheet version of Canada's P-rate and Canada's first-day cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 675c: Sc. 3163 Year of the Pig — 5”x7” Dragon Card showing Asian-style drawings of pigs and other lunar new year symbols. Design licensed from a Singapore design firm. Booklet version of Canada's P-rate and Canada's first-day cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 675d: Sc. 3164 Year of the Pig — 5”x7” Dragon Card showing Asian-style drawings of pigs and other lunar new year symbols. Design licensed from a Singapore design firm. Canada's international rate stamp and its first-day cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

Dgn 675e: Sc. 3161/3164 Year of the Pig — 5”x7” Dragon Card showing Asian-style drawings of pigs and other lunar new year symbols. Design licensed from a Singapore design firm. Canada's P (sheet) and international rate stamps and its first-day cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00

Dgn 675f: Sc. 5340 Year of the Pig — 5”x7” Dragon Card showing Asian-style drawings of pigs and other lunar new year symbols. Design licensed from a Singapore design firm. One copy of the U.S. stamp is tied by the Digital Color Postmark, another by the pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

max19pig1: Sc. 3161/TBA Year of the Pig — Canada Post picture postcard reproducing the domestic-rate stamp design on the face and as the indicia on the reverse. The domestic-rate stamp is applied to the face, and both it and the indicia are tied by first-day postmarks. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.50

max19pig2: Sc. 3164/TBA Year of the Pig — Canada Post picture postcard reproducing the international-rate stamp design on the face and as the indicia on the reverse. The international-rate stamp is applied to the face, and both it and the indicia are tied by first-day postmarks. — larger illustration (new window)...$8.25

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