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    Dgn 2: Sc. 2059-62 Streetcars — block of four on a 5"x7" black-on-orange Dragon Card, showing each type of streetcar depicted on the stamps.— larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

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    Dgn 2p: Sc. 2059-62 Streetcars — plate block of four on a 5"x7" black-on-orange Dragon Card, showing each type of streetcar depicted on the stamps. (Illustration is of a plain block of four.) — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 2z: Sc. 2059-62 Streetcars — zip block of four on a 5"x7" black-on-orange Dragon Card, showing each type of streetcar depicted on the stamps.— larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

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    Dgn 3: Sc. 1905 11¢ Caboose coil — pair; 5"x7" red-on-buff Dragon Card; logging locomotive racing through woods; First Day of Issue hand cancel— larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

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    Dgn 3a: Sc. 1905 11¢ Caboose coil — single on a 5"x7" red-on-buff Dragon Card; logging locomotive racing through woods; First Day of Issue hand cancel; with #1897a 2¢ Locomotive (card qualified for postcard rate) — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

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    Dgn 14: Sc. 2226 2¢ Loco coil revised — red-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a 4-4-0 American-type locomotive, strips of 4+3, First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 14a: Sc. 2226 2¢ Loco coil revised — red-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a 4-4-0 American-type locomotive, strips of 4 of #2226, and 3 of #1897a (old version of the coil), First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

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    Dgn 14b: Sc. 2226 2¢ Loco coil revised — Strip of 2 of plus plate # (8, 10) strip of 5 of #1897a (old), 10 serviced.
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    Dgn 14P#: Sc. 2226 2c Loco coil revised — With plate # (1) strip of 5 plus pair, First Day of Issue hand cancel.
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    Dgn 20: Sc. 2366a Locomotives booklet — 5"x7" red-on-buff Dragon Card, showing the John Bull locomotive, First Day of Issue hand cancel. One of the few FDCs for this issue where the full pane is affixed rightside-up! (There are two different types of top tabs on these full panes. Ask if if it makes a difference which type you get.) — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

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    Dgn 24: Sc. 2263 20¢ Cable Car coil — pair on a FDC-size red-on-buff Dragon Card, all-over cachet, First Day of Issue hand cancel— larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

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    Dgn 24c: Sc. 2263 20¢ Cable Car coil — single on a FDC-size red-on-buff Dragon Card, all-over cachet, First Day of Issue hand cancel. With 20¢ Fire Pumper coil, same series, same denomination— larger illustration (new window)...$2.75

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    Dgn 24p: Sc. 2263 20¢ Cable Car coil — plate number strip of 3 on a FDC-size red-on-buff Dragon Card, all-over cachet, First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 67: Sc. 3184d Century: Electric Toy Trains — single from the Celebrate the Century 1920 sheet on a black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a boy playing with toy train, First Day of Issue hand cancel— larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

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    Dgn 72: Sc. 3185k Streamlined Design — single from the 1930s Celebrate the Century sheet on a black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, printed photo of Pennsylvania Railroad's"Broadway Limited" streamliner (the stamp shows NY Central's 20th Century Limited) — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

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    Dgn 88: Sc. 3333-7 All Aboard Trains — vertical strip of 5 on a red-on-cream 5"x7" vertical format Dragon Card, showing streamlined observation car and emblems of the 5 railroads represented. StampShow '99 cancel + circular date stamp. (Stamps were issued at the show.) "Varnish" in the text was railroaders' slang for passenger service — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 88a: Sc. 3333-7 All Aboard Trains — vertical strip of 5 on a red-on-cream 5"x7" vertical format Dragon Card, showing streamlined observation car and emblems of the 5 railroads represented. Union IL pictorial first day cancel. (There was also a ceremony at the museum there.) "Varnish" in the text was railroaders' slang for passenger service — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 88b: Sc. 3333-7 All Aboard Trains — emblems of the 5 railroads represented, STAMPSHOW '99 cancel + circular date stamp. — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 88c: Sc. 3333-7 All Aboard Trains — vertical strip of 5 on a red-on-cream 5"x7" vertical format Dragon Card, showing streamlined observation car and emblems of the 5 railroads represented. With the Casey Jones and B&O Railroad stamps. First Day of Issue hand cancel. "Varnish" in the text was railroaders' slang for passenger service — larger illustration (new window).
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    A Dragon Card even I don't have! At the request of a customer who specialized in trains on stamps, I affixed 9 "combination" stamps (including a plate block of the B&O stamp) that he supplied. It's the only one like it in existence (if it is still in existence). I didn't even assign a number to it until listing it on my website. Call it "Dgn 88d." Click on the thumbnail on the right or here for a larger view.
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    MaxTrains

    MaxTrains: Sc. UX307-11 All Aboard Trains — Individual Sc. 3333-7 stamps on the faces of the matching USPS picture postal cards. Each stamp is tied by a circular date stamp; each card's indicia on the reverse is canceled by the First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 418: Sc. 1909 Israeli Railway — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing map of the proposed Valley Railway route and two stations: Kfar Yehoshua, in a recent photograph, and Haifa East in 1931. The new Valley Railroad will follow the route of an earlier, longer pre-Independence rail line. First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00


    $19.95 Grand Central Terminal

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    Dgn 456: Sc. 4739 Grand Central Terminal — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the 42nd Street side of the building in 1918, plus text. Digital Color Postmark. Only 10 serviced — larger illustration (new window).
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    Transcontinental Railroad

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    Dgn 688: Sc. 5380a Transcontinental Railroad — 5½"x8½" Dragon Card reproducing a photograph of the Golden Spike site today. The strip of 3 stamps is tied by the Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00
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    Dgn 688a: Sc. 5380a Transcontinental Railroad — 5½"x8½" Dragon Card reproducing a photograph of the Golden Spike site today. The strip of 3 stamps is tied by the pictorial postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00
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    Dgn 688b: Sc. 5380a Transcontinental Railroad — 5½"x8½" Dragon Card reproducing a photograph of the Golden Spike site today. The strip of 3 plus Sc. 922 1944's Transcontinental Railroad stamp are tied by the Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00
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    Dgn 688c: Sc. 5380a Transcontinental Railroad — 5½"x8½" Dragon Card reproducing a photograph of the Golden Spike site today. The strip of 3 plus Sc. 922 1944’s Transcontinental Railroad stamp are tied by the pictorial postmark — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 689: Sc. 5380a Transcontinental Railroad — 5½"x8½" Dragon Card reproducing an illustration from Harper’s Weekly of the completion ceremony. The strip of 3 stamps is tied by the Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00
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    Dgn 689a: Sc. 5380a Transcontinental Railroad — 5½"x8½" Dragon Card reproducing an illustration from Harper’s Weekly of the completion ceremony. The strip of 3 stamps is tied by the pictorial postmark . — larger illustration (new window)... $4.00
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    Dgn 689b: Sc. 5380a Transcontinental Railroad — 5½"x8½" Dragon Card reproducing an illustration from Harper’s Weekly of the completion ceremony. The strip of 3 plus Sc. 922 1944's Transcontinental Railroad stamp are tied by the Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00
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    Dgn 689c: Sc. 5380a Transcontinental Railroad — 5½"x8½" Dragon Card reproducing an illustration from Harper’s Weekly of the completion ceremony. The strip of 3 plus Sc. 922 1944’s Transcontinental Railroad stamp are tied by the pictorial postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00
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    Amtrak's 50th Anniversary (event)

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    Dgn 756: Sc. N/A Amtrak 50th — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a 1971 photo of an Amtrak train using cars from different former railroads, and a 2021 photo of a still-in-development Acela train. Amtrak, a quasi-public corporation, took over most intercity rail passenger service in 1971. A July 1, 2021, Washington DC round postmark ties the Transcontinental Railroad Golden Spike stamp (Sc. 5379) . — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

    Railroad Stations

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    Dgn 808: Sc. 5758-62 Railroad Stations — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the exterior of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, arguably the greatest "Palace of Rail Travel" among historic U.S. stations. The Digital Color Postmark ties all 5 stamps. — larger illustration (new window)...$10.00
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    Dgn 808a: Sc. 5758-62 Railroad Stations — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the exterior of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, arguably the greatest "Palace of Rail Travel" among historic U.S. stations. The Pictorial Postmark ties all 5 stamps. — larger illustration (new window)...$9.00

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    Dgn 808b: Sc. 5758-62 Railroad Stations — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the exterior of Grand Central Terminal in New York City, arguably the greatest "Palace of Rail Travel" among historic U.S. stations. The Pictorial Postmark ties all 5 stamps pllus the 2013 $19.95 Grand Central Terminal Express Mail stamp, Sc. 4739 (the greatest of all U.S. railroad stations). — larger illustration (new window)...$39.00