Dgn 141: Sc. 3669 Irving Berlin — 5"x7" Dragon Card with an older photo of Berlin. First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration...$2.50

Dgn 141a: Sc. 3669 Irving Berlin — 5"x7" Dragon Card "Friends and Colleagues:" Older photo of Berlin, and stamps representing some of his many friends and colleagues: Cole Porter, Jerome Kern, Lorenz Hart, George and Ira Gershwin, George Gershwin (who was turned down for a job by Berlin as too talented), Victor Herbert, Dorothy Parker, George M. Cohan. The criterion was people whom Berlin actually knew, either socially or professionally. (Berlin was a peripheral member of the Algonquin Round Table, of which Parker was a member. She and artist Neysa McMein took Berlin to Atlantic City for a weekend shortly after his first wife died.) Tied by a First Day of Issue and small circular date cancels — Larger illustration not yet available...$7.00

Dgn 141b: Sc. 3669 Irving Berlin — 5"x7" Dragon Card, "Performers" Combo: Older photo of Berlin, with stamps for opera tenor John McCormack and singer Al Jolson, representing the wide range of artists who performed Berlin's tunes. First Day of Issue hand cancel — Larger illustration not yet available...$4.00

Opportunity missed: Berlin liked Bing Crosby's rendition of "White Christmas," but detested Elvis Presley's so much that he had his staff call radio stations, asking them not to play it. I had stamps available for both Crosby and Presley. Rats!

Dgn 141c: Sc. 3669 Irving Berlin — 5"x7" Dragon Card, "Roots" Combo: Older photo of Berlin, with New York City and Celebrate The Century Immigrants stamps. Gershwin came to New York City when he was 5, and lived there the rest of his life — Larger illustration not yet available...$3.25

Dgn 142: Sc. 3669 Irving Berlin — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a photo of Berlin in a tweed jacket seated at a piano. First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration...$2.50

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Dgn 142a: Sc. 3669 Irving Berlin — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a photo of Berlin in a tweed jacket seated at a piano. First Day of Issue hand cancel, upper-left plate single. Just one made. — Larger illustration not yet available...$2.50

Dgn 142b: Sc. 3669 Irving Berlin — 5"x7" Dragon Card "American Music" Combo: Photo of Berlin in a tweed jacket, Stephen Foster (his hero, whose photo adorned his office) and the American Music stamps, First Day of Issue hand cancel. Berlin and Foster were two of the major figures in American popular music — Larger illustration not yet available...$3.00

Dgn 142c: Sc. 3669 Irving Berlin — 5"x7" Dragon Card "Super Patriot" Combo: Photo of Berlin in a tweed jacket, with Eisenhower, Churchill, World War I stamps. Berlin wrote, produced and starred in shows during both World Wars to boost troops' morale. On one tour, meeting Churchill, the British leader mistook him for a political science scholar and their conversation was strange, to say the least — Larger illustration not yet available...$4.25

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Dgn 143: Sc. 3669 Irving Berlin — 8½"x11" Dragon Card "Annie Get Your Gun" combo: Photos of Berlin, Rodgers, and Hammerstein auditioning the cast for the show (R&H stamp); Berlin, Merman and Fields working on a revival in the 1960s (Merman, Fields stamps); Judy Garland as Annie for the movie version, before she was replaced due to illness (Garland stamp). Plus a Jerome Kern stamp: He was originally set to write the songs, but died suddenly shortly after work began. Producers Rodgers and Hammerstein chose Berlin to replace him — larger illustration...$10.00

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Dgn 143a: Sc. 3669 Irving Berlin — Annie Get Your Gun combo minus Garland and Fields

Dgn 144: Sc. 3692 Cary Grant — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a publicity photo portrait, The original photo included an actress leaning against his cheek. First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration...$2.50

Also serviced for this issue was a second design with his "Charade" co-star Audrey Hepburn. See the 2003 page.

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