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  • 2008 Issues
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    Click on the issue name to go to that section:

    Year of the Rat (this page)
    Ian Fleming/James Bond (this page)
    Holocaust Remembrance (this page)
    American Scientists (this page)
    American Journalists (this page)
    Elk envelope (page 2)
    Frank Sinatra (page 2)
    62¢ Dragonfly (page 2)
    Mount Rushmore Priority Mail (page 2)
    "Take Me Out To The Ball Game" (page 2)
    Vintage Black Cinema (page 3)
    Bierstadt's Yosemite (page 3)
    Sunflower (page 3)
    2008 Forever at Americover (page 3)
    5¢ Seacoast coil (page 3)
    Latin Jazz (page 4)
    Bette Davis (page 4)
    Tail Fins & Chrome (page 4)
    Alzheimer's Awareness (page 4)


    The Year of the Rat (2008)

    Dgn 283

    Dgn 283: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

    Dgn 283a

    Dgn 283a: Sc. 2257 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

    Dgn 283b

    Dgn 283b: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. U.S. and Canadian stamps and their respective First Day of Issue hand cancels — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 283c

    Dgn 283c: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. U.S. First Day of Issue hand cancel ties U.S. and Irish stamps. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    Dgn 283d

    Dgn 283d: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. U.S. First Day of Issue hand cancel ties U.S. and Christmas Island Australia stamps. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

    Dgn 283e

    Dgn 283e: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. U.S. First Day of Issue hand cancel ties U.S. and Taiwan stamps Sc. 3781-2. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    Dgn 283f

    Dgn 283f: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. U.S. First Day of Issue hand cancel ties new and earlier (Sc. 3895a) U.S. stamps. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

    Dgn 283g

    Dgn 283g: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. U.S. First Day of Issue hand cancel ties U.S. and China's Year of the Rat stamp. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    Dgn 283h

    Dgn 283h: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. U.S. First Day of Issue hand cancel ties U.S. and Vietnam's Year of the Rat stamps — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 284

    Dgn 284: Sc. 2258 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. Canada's souvenir sheet, First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 284a

    Dgn 284a:Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. Hong Kong's souvenir sheet, HK's First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 284b

    Dgn 284b: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. First Day of Issue hand cancel for Hong Kong singles, US FDOI for US single. — larger illustration (new window)...$7.00

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    Dgn 284c: Sc. Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. First Day of Issue hand cancel souv sheet card with singles.
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    Dgn 284d: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a Year of the Rat icon and fireworks. U.S. single on souvenir sheet Dragon Card. First Day of Issue hand cancel.
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    Dgn 285

    Dgn 285: Sc. 4221 Year of the Rat — 5"x7" Dragon Card with photo of red Chinese lanterns. Digital Color Postmark — larger illustration (new window).
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    James Bond (UK)

    Dgn 286

    Dgn 286: Sc. 2531-5 Ian Fleming/James Bond — Six stamps on a 5"x7" Dragon Card showing an early 1960s secret agent and bikini babe, plus diamonds, gold bars, scuba gear and playing cards. Bletchley Park pictorial cancel — Fleming worked in the code-breaking operation there during WWII — that was available only by special request. — larger illustration (new window)...$12.50
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    Holocaust (Israel/UN)

    Dgn 287

    Dgn 287: Sc. 1715/948 Holocaust Remembrance — Matching Israeli and United Nations stamps on a 5"x7" Dragon Card, entrance to Auschwitz in background, art of Star of David and barbed wire. Each country's stamp tied by its respective First Day of Issue cancel. The Israeli stamp has a tab. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.50
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    American Scientists

    Dgn 288

    Dgn 288: Sc. 4227a American Scientists — 5"x7" Dragon Card with artwork representing science (mostly chemistry and physics). First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00
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    Dgn 288a

    Dgn 288a: Sc. 4227a American Scientists — 5"x7" Dragon Card with artwork representing science (mostly chemistry and physics). Mega Event show cancel showing a beaker. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00
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    Dgn 288b

    Dgn 288b: Sc. 4225 Linus Pauling — 5"x7" Dragon Card with artwork representing science (mostly chemistry and physics). Corvallis OR postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 288c

    Dgn 288c: Sc. 4227 John Bardeen — 5"x7" Dragon Card with artwork representing science (mostly chemistry and physics). Urbana IL red pictorial First Day of Sale hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00


    Journalists

    Dgn 289

    Dgn 289: Sc. 4252a Journalists — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing newspaper, TV news-gathering camera of Salazar's era and a CBS radio microphone. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.25

    Dgn 289a

    Dgn 289a: Sc. 4252 Journalists — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing newspaper, TV news-gathering camera of Salazar's era and a CBS radio microphone. Velva, North Dakota (hometown) First Day of Sale pictorial. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 289b

    Dgn 289b: Sc. 4251 Journalists — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing newspaper, TV news-gathering camera of Salazar's era and a CBS radio microphone. Los Angeles Times First Day of Sale pictorial postmark for Salazar stamp. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 289c

    Dgn 289c: Sc. 4250/52 Journalists — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing newspaper, TV news-gathering camera of Salazar's era and a CBS radio microphone. CBS Newsmen Eric Sevareid and George Polk with Sc. 2812 Edward R. Murrow, the founder of CBS News. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    Dgn 289d

    Dgn 289d: Sc. 4249 Journalists — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing newspaper, TV news-gathering camera of Salazar's era and a CBS radio microphone. With Sc. 1119 and 1593 Freedom of the Press stamps. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.75

    Dgn 289e

    Dgn 289e: Sc. 4248 Journalists — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing newspaper, TV news-gathering camera of Salazar's era and a CBS radio microphone. With Sc. 2418 Ernest Hemingway, one of her husbands. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00
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