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Two sets of stamps — Pinback Buttons and Autumn Colors — were issued at the show (of which Americover is a part) and at least 11 pictorial postmarks were available. The following are the Dragon Cards results
Charter Oak is the legendary tree that is a symbol of American independence and we presume that before it fell in an 1856 storm, the Charter Oak's leaves turned colors in autumn.
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Dgn 839: Sc. 5938 Autumn Colors — 5"x7" Dragon Card featuring AI-generated art of an oak tree in autumn. A single from the set of 10 (the same one on every copy of this card) is tied by the Charter Oak Americover Station pictorial postmark with the first-day date. The stamps were issued at the show, of which Americover is a part. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
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Dgn 839a: Sc. 5934 Autumn Colors — 5"x7" Dragon Card featuring AI-generated art of an oak tree in autumn. A single from the set of 10 (the same one on every copy of this card) is tied by the GASS Station pictorial postmark with the first-day date celebrating the American Topical Association's 75th anniversary. The stamps were issued at the show. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
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Dgn 839b: Sc. 5933 Autumn Colors — 5"x7" Dragon Card featuring AI-generated art of an oak tree in autumn. A single from the set of 10 (the same one on every copy of this card) is tied by the first-day Pictorial Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
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Dgn 839c: Sc. 5938 Autumn Colors — 5"x7" Dragon Card featuring AI-generated art of an oak tree in autumn. A single from the set of 10 (the same one on every copy of this card) and Sc. 772 Connecticut Tercentary, showing the Charter Oak, are tied by the Charter Oak Americover Station pictorial postmark with the first-day date. The stamps were issued at the show so this is what you might call a "semi-official" postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50 |
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Dgn 839d: Sc. 5936 Autumn Colors — 5"x7" Dragon Card featuring AI-generated art of an oak tree in autumn. A single from the set of 10 (the same one on every copy of this card) is tied by the Boston 2026 Station postmark (Great American Stamp Show) with the first-day date. The stamps were issued at the show so this is what you might call a "semi-official" postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
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Dgn 839e: Sc. 5929-38 Autumn Colors — A set of 10 5"x7" Dragon Cards with the same design featuring AI-generated art of an oak tree in autumn. Seven of the cards have the first-day pictorial postmark. One has the Charter Oak postmark (Dgn 839), one has the ATA postmark (Dgn 839a) and one has the Boston 2026 postmark (Dgn 839d) for a complete set of the 10 stamps. — larger illustration (new window)...$24.00 |
A presidential proclamation (by the president of the American First Day Cover Society) declared Saturday, August 17th to be National Cachetmakers Day, and the Americover Station postmark reflects that. It's just a bit of whimsy.
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Dgn 840: Sc. N/A National Cachetmakers Day — 5"x7" Dragon Card featuring art of an anthropomorphic easel. Sc. 5849 Celebration Blooms is tied by the National Cachetmakers Day Americover Station pictorial postmark from Great American Stamp Show. Americover is a part of GASS. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
The Americover Station postmark for Sunday, August 18th was "Celebrating Heroes of the Batters Box," and I figured "Why wait? Let's honor Willie Mays now, and not three years or more from now."
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Dgn 841: Sc. N/A Willie Mays — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a 1952 Bowman baseball card for Willie Mays. A flag stamp is tied by the Americover Station "Celebrating Heroes of the Batter's Box" pictorial postmark, August 18, 2024. Americover is a part of GASS. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
