First Day Cover Cards
by Lloyd A. de Vries

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2001 Issues
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Year of the Snake Peanuts Bernstein

Woody Wagon Carnivorous Plant United We Stand

Year of the Snake

Dgn 103: Sc. 3500 Year of the Snake — 5"x7" Dragon Card: black, red and white drawing of a snake on a light blue background — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 103a: Sc. 3500 Year of the Snake — Set of 4, each with a different Hong Kong Year of the Snake stamp — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 103b: Sc. 3500 Year of the Snake — With one of 4 Hong Kong Year of the Snake stamps — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 103c: Sc. 3500 Year of the Snake — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a black, red and white drawing of a snake on a light blue background. With two Republic of China (Taiwan) Year of the Snake stamps, all tied with the U.S. First Day of Issue cancel. — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 103d: Sc. 3500 Year of the Snake — With Macau/China Year of the Snake stamp — larger illustration (new window).

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Peanuts

Dgn 104: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — Horizontal, Snoopy hugging Charlie Brown. Caption is "Happiness Is Your Own Stamp." Pictorial First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 104c: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — with Portuguese stamps, Snoopy in a "Correios" delivery truck — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 104e: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — Spelling error, slightly different design — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 105: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — Vertical, Charlie talking on the telephone, and asking "Hello, 1-800 STAMP24? My dog wants to buy some stamps…" Small circular date stamp hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 105c: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — with Portuguese stamp showing Snoopy depositing mail in a letter box — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 106: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — Horizontal, color photo of cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his studio, holding a drawing of Snoopy. Small circular date stamp hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 106c: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — with Portuguese stamp showing Snoopy typing on top of his doghouse — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 107: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — vertical Dragon Card featuring the first panel of the first "Peanuts" strip in 1951. Look how Charlie changed over the years! Pictorial First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 107c: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — with Portuguese stamp showing Snoopy delivering letters — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 108: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — horizontal Dragon Card featuring a happy dancing Snoopy with the title "Oh, joy!" Pictorial First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 108c: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — with Portuguese stamp showing a joyous Snoopy sorting letters — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 109: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — Horizontal, Snoopy and Woodstock holding signs; Woodstock's contains the stamp; pictorial First Day of Issue hand cancel. (Some background "noise" in design.) — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 109c: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — with Portuguese stamp showing Snoopy reading a letter — larger illustration (new window).

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Sets of the six singles were sold for $15 and of the six combos for $24.

MaxPnts: Sc. 3507 Peanuts — Museum of Television & Radio picture postcard titled "You're An animated Classic, Charlie Brown." Vertical, shows Charlie holding a portable TV with his picture on it. Small circular date stamp hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Leonard Bernstein

Dgn 111: Sc. 3521 Leonard Bernstein — 5"x7" Dragon Card, green background, printed photo of Bernstein conducting in formal attire, First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

Dgn 111c: Sc. 3521 Leonard Bernstein — 5"x7" Dragon Card, green background, printed photo of Bernstein conducting in formal attire, with Stravinsky, Toscanini, American Music stamps, First Day of Issue hand cancel. FDOI cancel touches all 4 stamps — larger illustration (new window).

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MaxBern: Sc. 3521 Leonard Bernstein — Museum of Television & Radio picture postcard with the Hirschfeld caricature of Bernstein for a 1985 exhibition "Bernstein: The Television Work." — larger illustration (new window).

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15¢ Woody Wagon

Dgn 112: Sc. 3522 15¢ Woody Wagon coil — 5"x7" vertical Dragon Card with a full color photo of a 1931 Model A Ford Woody with a pair of stamps, the Americover show pictorial hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 112c: Sc. 3522 15¢ Woody Wagon coil — 5"x7" vertical Dragon Card with a full color photo of a 1931 Model A Ford Woody with a single stamp, plus the Tail Fin and Diner stamps from the same American Culture series (I think of it as a "mid-century auto culture" subset) — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 113: Sc. 3522 15¢ Woody Wagon coil — 5"x7" vertical Dragon Card with a full color photo of a 1939 Imperial Woody with a pair of stamps, the Americover show pictorial hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 113c: Sc. 3522 15¢ Woody Wagon coil — 5"x7" vertical Dragon Card with a full color photo of a 1939 Imperial Woody with a single stamp, plus the Tail Fin and Diner stamps from the same American Culture series (I think of it as a "mid-century auto culture" subset) — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 114: Sc. 3522 15¢ Woody Wagon coil — 5"x7" vertical Dragon Card with a full color photo of a 1947 Ford Woody (that's a 1949 Ford on the stamp) with a pair of stamps, the Americover show pictorial hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 114c: Sc. 3522 15¢ Woody Wagon coil — 5"x7" vertical Dragon Card with a full color photo of a 1947 Ford Woody (that's a 1949 Ford on the stamp) with a single stamp, plus the Tail Fin and Diner stamps from the same American Culture series (I think of it as a "mid-century auto culture" subset) — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 115: Sc. 3522 15¢ Woody Wagon coil — 5"x7" vertical Dragon Card with a full color photo of a 1949 Plymouth Woody with a pair of stamps, the Americover show pictorial hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 115c: Sc. 3522 15¢ Woody Wagon coil — 5"x7" vertical Dragon Card with a full color photo of a 1949 Plymouth Woody with a single stamp, plus the Tail Fin and Diner stamps from the same American Culture series (I think of it as a "mid-century auto culture" subset) — larger illustration (new window).

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Sets of the four Cards with pairs of stamps were sold for $10 and sets of the Cards with combos for $15.


Carnivorous Plants

Dgn 117: Sc. 3531a Carnivorous Plants — 5"x7" horizontal Dragon Card with a full-color original cartoon by Dave Bennett of a plant eating a philatelist; Stampshow 2001 pictorial show cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 117a: Sc. 3531a Carnivorous Plants — 5"x7" horizontal Dragon Card with a full-color original cartoon by Dave Bennett of a plant eating a philatelist; with First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 118: Sc. 3531a Carnivorous Plants — 5"x7" vertical Dragon Card with a full color photo of a young actor playing the carnivorous Little Plant in a local student production of "Little Shop of Horrors;" Stampshow 2001 pictorial show cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

Dgn 119: Sc. 3531a Carnivorous Plants — 5"x7" horizontal Dragon Card with a full color photo of Chrysopa perla on Drosera binata (an insect being eaten by a plant); Stampshow 2001 pictorial show cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 120: Sc. 3531a Carnivorous Plants — 8½"x11" vertical Dragon Card with full-color original cartoon by Dave Bennett of a plant eating a philatelist; Stampshow 2001 pictorial show cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 120a: Sc. 3531a Carnivorous Plants — 8½"x11" vertical Dragon Card with full-color original cartoon by Dave Bennett of a plant eating a philatelist; FDOI hand cancel — larger illustration (new window).

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United We Stand

Dgn 121: Sc. 3549 United We Stand — 5"x7" Dragon Card with full-color photo of a mass of flags at a pro-US rally, lightened to show stamps and the First Day of Issue hand cancel to best advantage, booklet single — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

Dgn 121a: Sc. 3550 United We Stand — 5"x7" Dragon Card with full-color photo of a mass of flags at a pro-US rally, lightened to show stamps and the First Day of Issue hand cancel to best advantage, coil pair — larger illustration (new window)...$2.75

Dgn 121b: Sc. 3550 United We Stand — 5"x7" Dragon Card with full-color photo of a mass of flags at a pro-US rally, lightened to show stamps and the First Day of Issue hand cancel to best advantage, coil plate number strip of 3 — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 121c: Sc. 3549-50 United We Stand — 5"x7" Dragon Card with full-color photo of a mass of flags at a pro-US rally, lightened to show stamps and the First Day of Issue hand cancel to best advantage, single of each UWS, Sc. 1094 Flag ("Long May It Wave"), Sc. 1208 5c Flag Over White House and Sc. 2475 ATM Flag — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 121c-: Sc. 3549-50 United We Stand — 5"x7" Dragon Card with full-color photo of a mass of flags at a pro-US rally, lightened to show stamps and the First Day of Issue hand cancel to best advantage, single of each UWS, Sc. 10 94 Flag ("Long May It Wave"), Sc. 1208 5c Flag Over White House and Sc. 2475 ATM Flag **bad cancel** — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 122: Sc. 3549 United We Stand UO — 5"x7" Dragon Card with full-color photo of a mass of flags at a pro-US rally, with a Paramus, NJ, red registry hand cancel. Paramus lost three people in the World Trade Center attack. Booklet single. — larger illustration (new window).

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Dgn 122-: Sc. 3549 United We Stand UO — imperfect copies: Cachet and stamp/cancel on different sides. Postmarked Paramus, NJ, on the first day. Paramus lost several residents in the attacks. Only Dragon Card produced by inkjet printer (so far), until some envelopes in 2013, and you can see why — larger illustration (new window)...$1.00