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Dgn 4: Sc. 2089 Jim Thorpe — black-on-blue 5"x7" Dragon Card with a printed drawing of Thorpe playing football, and what the Swedish King Gustav (host of the 1912 Olympics) said about Thorpe, (Thorpe replied, "Thanks, King.") First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50 |
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Dgn 4c: Sc. 2089 Jim Thorpe — black-on-blue 5"x7" Dragon Card with a printed drawing of Thorpe playing football, and what the Swedish King Gustav (host of the 1912 Olympics) said about Thorpe, Combo with Discus (part of decathlon and pentathlon, his Olympic sports), Pro Baseball (sport which got him trouble), American Indian stamps. Picture not available...$5.00 | |
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Dgn 4p: Sc. 2089 Jim Thorpe — black-on-blue 5"x7" Dragon Card with a printed drawing of Thorpe playing football, and what the Swedish King Gustav (host of the 1912 Olympics) said about Thorpe. Plate block with a circular date stamp centered on it. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50 | |
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Dgn 4z: Sc. 2089 Jim Thorpe — black-on-blue 5"x7" Dragon Card with a printed drawing of Thorpe playing football, and what the Swedish King Gustav (host of the 1912 Olympics) said about Thorpe. Zip block with a circular date stamp centered on it. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50 | |
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Dgn 5: Sc. 2097 Roberto Clemente — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a printed portrait drawing and a quote by the Pittsburgh Pirate great. Small circular date stamp hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$7.50 | |
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Dgn 5a: Sc. 2097 Roberto Clemente — With #855 and #1381 Pro Baseball, #801 Puerto Rico, all tied by the first day of issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00 Another combo with just Sc. 1381 was also serviced. |
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Dgn 5u: Sc. 2097 Roberto Clemente — 5"x7" Dragon Card, printed portrait of the Pittsburgh Pirates star, quotation, and Pittsburgh GMF (General Mail Facility) green double-ring hand cancel. Although he played for the Pittsburgh Pirates, the stamp was issued in his hometown in Puerto Rico. We flew the stamp to Pittsburgh for this unofficial-location cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$7.50 | |
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Dgn 5zb: Sc. 2097 Roberto Clemente — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a printed portrait drawing and a quote by the Pittsburgh Pirate great. A Zip Block is postmarked dead-center with the Pittsburgh GMF unofficial-location double-ring postmark. Only one made. — larger illustration (new window)...$7.50 | |
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Dgn 19: Sc. 2262 17.5¢ Racing Car coil — 5"x7" card reproducing a photo of the Marmon Wasp winning first Indianapolis 500 First Day of Issue hand cancel ties a pair. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50 | |
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Dgn 19a: Sc. 2262 17.5¢ Racing Car coil — 5"x7" card reproducing a photo of the Marmon Wasp winning first Indianapolis 500 First Day of Issue hand cancel ties pairs of the precanceled and regular versions. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50 |
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Dgn 19ap: Sc. 2262 17.5¢ Racing Car coil — With plate # strips of 3 of both versions of #2262 -- only 2 serviced First Day of Issue hand cancel ties a plate # strip of 3...$10.00 | |
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Dgn 19b: Sc. 2262/2253 Racer/Milk Wagon coils — 5"x7" card reproducing a photo of the Marmon Wasp winning first Indianapolis 500 First Day of Issue cancel ties pairs of both versions plus a pair of Sc. 2253 Milk Wagon, issued on the same day and in the same city. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 |
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Dgn 19d: Sc. 2262 17.5¢ Racing Car coil — 5"x7" card reproducing a photo of the Marmon Wasp winning first Indianapolis 500 The 1987 postmark ties pairs of both versions, plus the 2011 pictorial postmark ties the 2011 stamp, Sc. 4530, for the race's cententennial. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.50 |
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Dgn 19m: Sc. 2262/2253 Racer/Milk Wagon coils — 5"x7" card with a printed photo of the Marmon Wasp winning first Indy 500. The First Day of Issue cancel ties pairs of both this stamp plus Sc. 2253 Milk Wagon, issued on the same day and in the same city. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50 |
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Dgn 19p: Sc. 2262 17.5¢ Racing Car coil — 5"x7" card with a printed photo of the Marmon Wasp winning first Indy 500. The First Day of Issue hand cancel ties a plate number strip of 3. Only 2 serviced…9.00 | |
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Dgn 23: Sc. 2266 24.1¢ Tandem Bicycle coil — pair on a FDC-size blue-on-buff Dragon Card, vertical format; First Day of issue hand cancel, unaddressed. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50 |
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Dgn 23p: Sc. 2266 24.1¢ Tandem Bicycle coil — plate number strip of three on a FDC-size Dragon Card, blue on buff, vertical format, First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 | |
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Dgn 28: Sc. 2417 Lou Gehrig — green-on-gray vertical FDC-size Dragon Card. The printed drawing shows Gehrig overcome by emotion on July 4, 1939, when he gave his "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech. First Day of issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50 |
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Dgn 28a: Sc. 2417 Lou Gehrig — green-on-gray vertical FDC-size Dragon Card. The printed drawing shows Gehrig overcome by emotion on July 4, 1939, when he gave his "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech. The FDOI hand cancel ties Sc. 2417 with Sc. 839, the 1939 Baseball stamp. Only 15 produced...$5.00 | |
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Dgn 28b: Sc. 2417 Lou Gehrig — green-on-gray vertical FDC-size Dragon Card. The printed drawing shows Gehrig overcome by emotion on July 4, 1939, when he gave his "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech. The FDOI hand cancel ties Sc. 2417 with Sc. 1381, the 1969 Baseball stamp. Only 15 produced . — larger illustration (new window)...$3.25 | |
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Dgn 28c: Sc. 2417 Lou Gehrig — green-on-gray vertical FDC-size Dragon Card. The printed drawing shows Gehrig overcome by emotion on July 4, 1939, when he gave his "Luckiest Man on the Face of the Earth" speech. The FDOI hand cancel ties Sc. 2417 with Sc. 2046, the Babe Ruth stamp. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
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Dgn 31: Sc. U618 Football envelope — #10 envelope (only size for this issue) with a printed blue silhouette of 3 players, First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
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Dgn 31c: Sc. U618 Football envelope — #10 envelope (only size for this issue) with a printed blue silhouette of 3 players, The FDOI hand cancel ties the envelope's indicia, Sc. 1382 College Football, 2089 Jim Thorpe and 2376 Knute Rockne. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 |
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Dgn 35: Sc. 2560 Basketball — FDC-size brown-on-blue vertical Dragon Card, with art of a stylized 'swish' and text. First Day of Issue hand cancel.. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50 |
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Dgn 35a: Sc. 2560 Basketball — FDC-size brown-on-blue vertical Dragon Card, with art of a stylized 'swish' and text. The First Day of Issue hand cancel ties Sc. 2560 and Sc. 1189 Naismith/Basketball. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
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Dgn 35b: Sc. 2560 Basketball — FDC-size brown-on-blue vertical Dragon Card, with art of a stylized 'swish' and text. The First Day of Issue hand cancel ties Sc. 2560 and Sc. 1189 Naismith/Basketball and C103 Olympics Basketball (1984 games)...$5.00 | |
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Dgn 35c: Sc. 2560 Basketball — FDC-size brown-on-blue vertical Dragon Card, with art of a stylized 'swish' and text. tying a 2-inch diameter multicolored basketball sticker, just 14 made this way. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50 |
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Dgn 39: Sc. 2766 Joe Louis — 5"x7" black-on-light green Dragon Card; color portrait of Louis pasted on. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50 | |
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Dgn 39c: Sc. 2766 Joe Louis — 5"x7" black-on-light green Dragon Card; color portrait of Louis pasted on. Not the same text or design as for the single (Dgn 39). Text describes Robinson and Louis together in Army at Ft. Riley, Kansas in WWII The first day of issue postmark ties the Louis, Sc. 2016 Jackie Robinson and Sc. 934 1945 Army stamps. The text describes how Robinson and Louis served together in the Army at Fort Riley, Kansas during World War II, and worked against segregation there. Only 24 were produced. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00 | |
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Plate blocks, zip blocks and three different marginal marking singles were all serviced, two of each, and all also have sold out. No pictures are available.
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Dgn 59: Sc. 3182n Century: World Series — single from the Celebrate the Century 1900s sheet on a 5"x7" sepia-on-cream Dragon Card, showing a drawing of a batter, catcher and umpire in period uniforms. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
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Dgn 59a: Sc. 3182n Century: World Series — single from the Celebrate the Century 1900s sheet on a 5"x7" sepia-on-cream Dragon Card, showing a drawing of a batter, catcher and umpire in period uniform; with Sc. 855 and 1381. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00 |
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Dgn 64: Sc. 2089/3183g Century: Jim Thorpe — single from the Celebrate the Century 1910s sheet added to the 1984 Thorpe Dragon Card, showing him playing football. The 1984 stamp is tied by its First Day of Issue hand cancel. The CTC stamp is tied by its circular date stamp date stamp cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50 |
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Dgn 66: Sc. 3184a Century: Babe Ruth — single from the Celebrate the Century 1920s sheet on a black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, with 1983's Sc. 2046 Babe Ruth. Both stamps and photo show the same picture of Ruth hitting one out of the park. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 | |
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Dgn 66c: Sc. 3184a Century: Babe Ruth — single from the Celebrate the Century 1920s sheet on a black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, with 1983's Sc. 2046 Babe Ruth. Both stamps and photo show the same picture of Ruth hitting one out of the park. The pictorial First Day of Issue hand cancel ties the CTC stamp, Sc. 2046 Babe Ruth (1983) and Sc. 855 (1939) and 1381 (1969). — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00 | |
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Dgn 80: Sc. 3186c Century: Jackie Robinson — single from the Celebrate the Century 1940s sheet on a black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, with a printed drawing of a generic player sliding into a base. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 | |
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Dgn 80c: Sc. 3186c Century: Jackie Robinson — single from the Celebrate the Century 1940s sheet on a black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, with a printed drawing of a generic player sliding into a base. The First Day of Issue hand cancel ties both the CTC stamp and 1982s Sc. 2016 Jackie Robinson stamp. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.50 | |
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Dgn 83: Sc. 3187c-j Century: NYC Baseball — The Shot Heard Round The World and World Series Rivals singles from the Celebrate the Century 1950s sheet on a blue-on-cream 5”x7” card with details from a 1950s NYC subway map showing the location of the stadiums, and art of a pitcher winding up. Short text on the front refers to the longer text on the back. First Day of Issue pictorial hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50 | |
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Dgn 83c: Sc. 3187c-j Century: NYC Baseball — The Shot Heard Round The World and World Series Rivals singles from the Celebrate the Century 1950s sheet on a blue-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, details from 1950s NYC subway map, pitcher Short text on the front refers to the longer text on the back. First Day of Issue pictorial hand cancel ties both stamps and Sc. 2016 Jackie Robinson: He played in all the Dodgers-Yankees Series and in the Dodgers-Giants playoffs in 1951. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00 | |
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Dgn 92: Sc. 3188n Century: Roger Maris — single from the Celebrate the Century 1960s sheet on a black-on-blue-green 5"x7" Dragon Card, photo of Maris swinging at the plate, small circular date stamp. (All the 1960s CTC Dragon Cards were printed on psychedelic-color cardstock). — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 | |
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