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Thurgood Marshall Paul Robeson Alvin Ailey Marian Anderson

Arthur Ashe Civil Rights Hattie McDaniel Sugar Ray Robinson

Thurgood Marshall

Dgn 145: Sc. 3746 Thurgood Marshall — 5"x7" Dragon Card, with photos of Lyndon Johnson announcing Marshall's nomination to the Supreme Court and George E.C. Hayes, Marshall, and James M. Nabrit on the steps of the Court after their 1954 victory. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

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Dgn 145a: Sc. 3746 Thurgood Marshall — 5"x7" Dragon Card, with photos of Lyndon Johnson announcing Marshall's nomination to the Supreme Court and George E.C. Hayes, Marshall, and James M. Nabrit on the steps of the Court after their 1954 victory. First Day of Issue hand cancel, with 1950 and 1981 Supreme Court, Judicial Branch, School Desegregation stamps. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

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Dgn 145b: Sc. 3746 Thurgood Marshall — 5"x7" Dragon Card, with photos of Lyndon Johnson announcing Marshall's nomination to the Supreme Court and George E.C. Hayes, Marshall, and James M. Nabrit on the steps of the Court after their 1954 victory. First Day of Issue hand cancel, with 1950 and 1981 Supreme Court, and Judicial Branch stamps. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.25

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Paul Robeson

Dgn 165: Sc. 3834 Paul Robeson — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a serious portrait of Robeson, First Day of Issue hand cancel of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

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Dgn 165a: Sc. 3834 Paul Robeson — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a serious portrait of Robeson, First Day of Issue hand cancel, with W.E.B. DuBois stamp from Celebrate The Century: Both ran afoul of the anti-communist fervor of the 1950s. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

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Dgn 165b: Sc. 3834 Paul Robeson — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a serious portrait of Robeson, First Day of Issue hand cancel, with "Showboat" and "Porgy & Bess" stamps: He starred in both, and "Old Man River" was written for him, although he was not able to play the part until the London production -. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00

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Choreographers (including Alvin Ailey)

Dgn 172: Sc. 3840-3 Choreographers — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing 3 types of dancers in color. Horizontal strip of 4 stamps is tied by the First Day of Issue hand cancel and small circular date stamp. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.25

Dgn 174: Sc. 3841 Choreographers/Ailey — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing 3 types of dancers in color, plus photo of Ailey. Ailey single and Sc. 1752 Modern Dance are tied by the First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

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Marian Anderson

Dgn 192: Sc. 3896 Marian Anderson — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a portrait photograph, with the First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

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Dgn 193: Sc. 3896 Marian Anderson — 5"x7" Dragon Card with pictures of Anderson at Lincoln Memorial and at the Metropolitan Opera. Sc. 1116 Lincoln Memorial and Sc. 2054 Met Opera stamps, all tied by First Day of Issue pictorial cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

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Dgn 194: Sc. 3896 Marian Anderson — UX151 Constitution Hall postal card with Sc. 1116 Lincoln Memorial, Dragon Cards label cachet showing Anderson singing at the Memorial, First Day of Issue pictorial hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

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Dgn 195: Sc. 3896 Marian Anderson — 5"x7" Metropolitan Opera Dragon Card, #1 from 1983. The 2005 Anderson stamp is tied by a small circular date stamp hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.50

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Arthur Ashe

Dgn 207: Sc. 3936 Arthur Ashe (statue) — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a color photo of the Arthur Ashe statue in Richmond. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

Dgn 208: Sc. 3936 Arthur Ashe (Wimbledon) — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a color photo of Ashe holding the 1975 Wimbledon trophy. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

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Civil Rights ("To Form A More Perfect Union") There were eight first-day cities — Jackson, Memphis, Topeka, Little Rock, Selma, Greensboro and Montgomery — and we serviced these cards with the first-day postmarks for all of them. Only the one with the Greensboro postmarks is still available.

Dgn 209g: Sc. 3937 Civil Rights — — the entire intact sheet on an 8½"x11" Dragon Card with a photo of a civil rights march, flames, and a U.S. map outline. Greensboro First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$10.00

Hattie McDaniel

Dgn 225: Sc. 3996 Hattie McDaniel — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a B&W photo, First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

Dgn 225a: Sc. 3996 Hattie McDaniel — same design, combo with Will Rogers (in "Judas Priest" with her), Bing Crosby (recommended her for GWTW), Paul Dunbar (favorite poet), Ethel Waters (friend and frequent rival), Count Basie and Duke Ellington (frequent guests at her parties), and M.L.King, who sang in choir at GWTW premiere which she declined to attend. — larger illustration (new window)...$7.00

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Dgn 225b: Sc. 3996 Hattie McDaniel — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a B&W photo, and Sc. 2168 Margaret Mitchell and Sc. 2446 Gone With The Wind stamps, First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

Dgn 225c: Sc. 3996 Hattie McDaniel — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a B&W photo, text about "Show Boat," and Sc. 2767 Show Boat, Robeson, Ferber, Sc. 2115 Jerome Kern stamps. She and Robeson were featured in the 1936 film and, separately, in touring companies of the stage show, based on book by Ferber, music by Kern. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00

Dgn 225d: Sc. 3996 Hattie McDaniel — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a B&W photo, text about how she was honored at the NY World's Fair in 1940 (Sc. 853), by Eleanor Roosevelt (2105) and presented with then-new Emancipation Proclamation stamps (902). First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

Sugar Ray Robinson

Dgn 229: Sc. 4020 Sugar Ray Robinson — 5"x7" Dragon Card with picture of the boxer in a fighting pose, art of a boxing ring and gloves First Day of Issue pictorial hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

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Dgn 229a: Sc. 4020 Sugar Ray Robinson — 5"x7" Dragon Card with picture of the boxer in a fighting pose, art of a boxing ring and gloves First Day of Issue pictorial hand cancel ties U.S. Joe Louis stamp (Sc.2766, 1993) and Austria's 2006 Mohammad Ali stamps. Sugar as a boy in Detroit would carry Louis' gym bag, later toured with him in the Army during WWII. Sugar also mentored the young. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

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Dgn 229b: Sc. 4020 Sugar Ray Robinson — 5"x7" Dragon Card with picture of the boxer in a fighting pose, art of a boxing ring and gloves First Day of Issue pictorial hand cancel ties earlier US stamps featuring boxers: Joe Louis (2766), Jack Dempsey (3183m) and Rocky Marciano (3187k). — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

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