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  • Sports Issues
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    Jim Thorpe
    Roberto Clemente
    Racing Car
    Tandem Bicycle
    Lou Gehrig
    Football envelope
    Basketball
    Joe Louis
    Century: World Series
    Century: Jim Thorpe
    Century: Babe Ruth
    Century: Jackie Robinson
    Century: NYC Baseball
    Century: Roger Maris
    Kids Sports
    10¢ Literary Lion
    Early Football Heroes
    Early Football Heroes UO
    2004 Summer Olympics
    2006 Winter Olympics
    Arthur Ashe (statue)
    Arthur Ashe (Wimbledon)
    Sugar Ray Robinson
    Baseball Sluggers
    Hank Greenberg

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    Dgn 4: Sc. 2089 Jim Thorpe — 5"x7" Dragon Card, drawing of him playing football, quotes King Gustav, First Day of Issue hand cancel —
    larger illustration...$2.50

    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-city cancel. — larger illustration...$7.50

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    Dgn 19: Sc. 2262 17.5¢ Racing Car coil — 5"x7" card; printed photo of Marmon Wasp winning first Indianapolis 500; First Day of Issue hand cancel; pair —
    larger illustration...$2.50

    Dgn 19a: Sc. 2262 Racing Car coil — 5"x7" card; printed photo of Marmon Wasp winning first Indianapolis 500; First Day of Issue hand cancel; with pairs of both versions of #2262 — illustration...$3.00

    Dgn 19b: Sc. 2262/2253 Racer/Milk Wagon coils — 5"x7" card; printed photo of Marmon Wasp winning first Indianapolis 500; First Day of Issue hand cancel; with pairs of both versions, and pair of #2253 5¢ Milk Wagon coil, which was issued same day and city — illustration...$4.00

    Dgn 23: Sc. 2266 24.1¢ Tandem coil — FDC-size blue-on-buff Dragon Card, vertical format; pair, First Day of issue hand cancel, unaddressed. — larger illustration...$2.50

    Dgn 23P#: Sc. 2266 24.1¢ Tandem Bicycle coil — FDC-size blue-on-buff Dragon Card, vertical format; plate # strip of 3, First Day of Issue hand cancel — illustration...$3.00

    Dgn 28: Sc. 2417 Lou Gehrig — green on gray FDC-size Dragon Card; shows Gehrig overcome by emotion on July 4, 1939 — larger illustration...$2.50

    Dgn 28b: Sc. 2417 Lou Gehrig — green on gray FDC-size Dragon Card; shows Gehrig overcome by emotion on July 4, 1939; combo with #1381 1969 Baseball (only 15 such serviced) — illustration...$3.25

    Dgn 28c: Sc. 2417 Lou Gehrig — green on gray FDC-size Dragon Card; shows Gehrig overcome by emotion on July 4, 1939; combo with #2046 Babe Ruth; only 50 such serviced — illustration...$3.00

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    Dgn 31: Sc. U618 Football envelope — #10 envelope, blue silhouette of 3 players, First Day of Issue hand cancel; the only Dragon Card that isn't a card! — larger illustration...$2.50

    Dgn 31c: Sc. U618 Football envelope — #10 envelope, blue silhouette of 3 players, First Day of Issue hand cancel; with #1382 College Football, Jim Thorpe, Knute Rockne stamps — illustration...$3.25

    Dgn 35: Sc. 2560 Basketball — FDC-size brown-on-blue Dragon Card, stylized 'swish' + text, First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration...$2.50

    Dgn 35a: Sc. 2560 Basketball — FDC-size brown-on-blue Dragon Card, stylized 'swish' + text, First Day of Issue hand cancel with #1189 Basketball — illustration...$2.75

    Dgn 35c: Sc. 2560 Basketball — FDC-size brown-on-blue Dragon Card, stylized 'swish' + text, First Day of Issue hand cancel, with 2-inch diameter multicolored basketball sticker, just 14 made this way — illustration...$3.50

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    Dgn 35g: Sc. 2560 Basketball — USPS logo single, FDC-size brown-on-blue Dragon Card, stylized 'swish' + text, First Day of Issue hand cancel, only two produced like this and just one left — illustration...$2.50

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    Dgn 39: Sc. 2766 Joe Louis — 5"x7" black-on-light green Dragon Card; color portrait of Louis pasted on, text, First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...

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    Dgn 39c: Sc. 2766 Joe Louis — Special text and design for combo: With Jackie Robinson, 1945 Army stamps. Text describes Robinson and Louis together in Army at Ft. Riley, Kansas in WWII, their work against segregation there. Only 24 produced. (No picture available)...

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    Dgn 59: Sc. 3182n World Series single from the 1900s Celebrate the Century sheet — 5"x7" sepia-on-cream card, showing a drawing of a batter, catcher and umpire in period uniforms — larger illustration...$3.00

    Dgn 59a: Sc. 3182n Century: World Series — Sc. 3182n World Series single from the 1900s Celebrate the Century sheet — 5"x7" sepia-on-cream card, showing a drawing of a batter, catcher and umpire in period uniforms; with Sc. 855 and 1381; 20 produced — illustration...$6.00

    Dgn 64: Sc. 2089/3183g Jim Thorpe — Dgn 4, with the Celebrate the Century single (3183g) added and tied by its small circular date stamp cancel — larger illustration...$3.50

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    Dgn 66: Sc. 3184a Babe Ruth single from the Celebrate the Century 1920s sheet — 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...

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    Dgn 66c: Sc. 3184a Century: Babe Ruth — Sc. 3184a Babe Ruth single from the Celebrate the Century 1920s sheet — black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, with 1983's Sc. 2046 Babe Ruth, 1939's Sc. 855 Baseball and 1969's Sc. 1381 Professional Baseball added — illustration...$6.00

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    Dgn 80: Sc. 3186c Jackie Robinson — single from the Celebrate the Century 1940s sheet on a black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, printed drawing of generic player sliding into base — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

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    Dgn 80c: Sc. 3186c Jackie Robinson — single from the Celebrate the Century 1940s sheet on a black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, printed drawing of generic player sliding into base; with Sc. 2016 1982 Jackie Robinson stamp. Just 25 produced — larger illustration (new window)...$4.50

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    Dgn 83: Sc. 3187c-j NYC Baseball — Shot Heard Round The World and Subway Series singles from the Celebrate the Century 1950s sheet on a blue-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, showing details from a 1950s NYC subway map (and the locations of the three major league stadiums), pitcher winding up, short text on front; longer text on back explains dominance of NYC teams in 1950s...

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    Dgn 83c: Sc. 3187c-j Century: NYC Baseball — Sc. 3187c-j NYC Baseball — Shot Heard Round The World and Subway Series singles from the Celebrate the Century 1950s sheet on a blue-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, showing details from a 1950s NYC subway map (and the locations of the three major league stadiums), pitcher winding up, short text on front; longer text on back explains dominance of NYC teams in 1950s; with Sc. 2016 1982 Jackie Robinson stamp: He played in all the Dodgers-Yankees Series and the Dodgers-Giants playoffs in 1951larger illustration...$5.00

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    Dgn 92: Sc. 3188n Roger Maris single from the Celebrate the Century 1960s sheet — black-on-blue-green 5"x7" Dragon Card, photo of Maris swinging at the plate, small circular date stamps; one left — larger illustration...

    Dgn 97: Sc. 3401-2 Kids Sports — The first full-color Dragon Card: 5"x7" white card with color photos of a youth soccer and a youth baseball player (I got a good price on the models!), with a cartoon sports crowd in the background. Singles of the soccer and baseball stamps, circular date stamp cancel. — larger illustration...$3.00

    Dgn 97b: Sc. 3399-3402 Kids Sports — 5"x7" white card with color photos of a youth soccer and a youth baseball player, with a cartoon sports crowd in the background; with a block of four stamps, First Day of Issue hand cancel. Only 8 serviced this way. — illustration...$4.00

    Dgn 100: Sc. 3447 10¢ Literary Lion — Single with Subway Series Celebrate the Century stamp on a 5"x7" Dragon Card, printed original photo of a N.Y. Public Library Lion, wearing a giant baseball hat in honor of the 2000 Subway Series between the Mets and Yankees. Whenever a New York team is in the World Series, the Library puts the hats on its Lions. First Day of Issue hand cancel. Only 17 produced. — larger illustration...$4.00

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    Dgn 159: Sc. 3811a Early Football Heroes — block of 4 on a 5"x7" Dragon Card with printed photo of early game First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration...$4.00

    Dgn 160: Sc. 3811a Early Football Heroes UO — block of 4 on a 5"x7" Dragon Card with printed photo of an early game, icons, text noting that the stamps were issued in another city that day. Stampshow 2003 pictorial show cancel — larger illustration...$4.25

    Arthur Ashe

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    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

    Olympics

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    Dgn 180: Sc. 3863 Summer Olympics — 5"x7" Dragon Card with color art of athletic-looking young man holding aloft a torch, with five interlocking rings behind him. First Day of Issue hand cancel. —
    larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

    Dgn 180c: Sc. 3863 Summer Olympics — 5"x7" Dragon Card with color art of athletic-looking young man holding aloft a torch, with five interlocking rings behind him. First Day of Issue hand cancel. With Sc. 2247 Pan American Games (similar design) and Sc. 2528 Flag with Olympic Rings — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

    Dgn 221: Sc. 3995 Winter Olympics — 5"x7" Dragon Card with color art of a downhill skier and 5 interlocking rings, First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

    Dgn 221c: Sc. 3995 Winter Olympics — 5"x7" Dragon Card with color art of a downhill skier and 5 interlocking rings, plus Sc. 2369 1988 Winter Olympics stamp, also a downhill skier. First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 222: Sc. 3995 Winter Olympics — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a color photo. First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

    Sugar Ray Robinson

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    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

    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 "Cassius Clay" — he refused to call him "Mohammad Ali" — 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

    Baseball Sluggers, Hank Greenberg

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    Dgn 240: Sc. 4083a Baseball Sluggers — block of 4 on a 5"x7" Dragon Card with a graphic of a player swinging for the stands. First Day of Issue hand cancel —
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    Dgn 241: Sc. 4081 Hank Greenberg — 5"x7" Dragon Card with Greenberg single, picture, stats, quote. First commercial Dragon Card with a Digital Color Postmark — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

    MaxBBCampy: Sc. 4080/UX455 Sluggers postcards - Campanella — Dual Cancel: Roy Campanella single from the Baseball Sluggers block on the face of the matching USPS postcard, with a circular date stamp cancel. The indicia of the postcard is canceled on the other side with the First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    MaxBBHank: Sc. 4081/UX456 Sluggers postcards - Greenberg — Dual Cancel: Hank Greenberg single from the Baseball Sluggers block on the face of the matching USPS postcard, with a circular date stamp cancel. The indicia of the postcard is canceled on the other side with the First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

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    MaxBBMickey: Sc. 4083/UX454 Sluggers postcards - Mantle — Dual Cancel: Mickey Mantle single from the Baseball Sluggers block on the face of the matching USPS postcard, with a circular date stamp cancel. The indicia of the postcard is canceled on the other side with the First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...

    MaxBBOtt: Sc. 4082/UX457 Sluggers postcards - Ott — Dual Cancel: Mel Ott single from the Baseball Sluggers block on the face of the matching USPS postcard, with a circular date stamp cancel. The indicia of the postcard is canceled on the other side with the First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

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