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of the Dog (page 1) Lena
Horne (this page) Mister
Rogers (this page) U.S.
Airmail (page 3) Sally
Ride (page 4) |
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Act of 1818 (page 4) World
War I (page 4) Dragons
(page 5) John
Lennon (page 6) Emergency
Responders (page 6) Hanukkah
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Dgn 636: Sc. 5259 Lena Horne — 5"x7" Dragon Card featuring a photo we colorized of Horne performing, probably in the mid 1950s. B&W Pictorial first-day postmark — larger illustration (new window). |
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Dgn 637: Sc. 5259 Lena Horne — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a picture of Horne at the 1963 March On Washington, against a background of a crowd of marchers. the new stamp, Marin Luther King (Sc. 1771) and March On Washington (Sc. 4804) are tied by the B&W Pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 | |
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Dgn 638: Sc. 5259 Lena Horne — 5”x7” Dragon Card showing a photo of Horne in the cockpit of a P-47 plane with Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. She visited with black soldiers, often at her own expense. Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50 | |
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Dgn 638a: Sc. 5259 Lena Horne — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a photo of Horne in the cockpit of a P-47 plane with Tuskegee Airmen during World War II. She visited with black soldiers, often at her own expense. The pictorial first-day postmark ties the Horne stamp and Sc. 3919, the Republic P-47 Thunderbolt stamp from the Advances In Aviation set. That is the plane shown in the photo, and one of the planes flown by the Airmen — larger illustration (new window). | |
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Dgn 639: Sc. 5259 Lena Horne — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing photos of Horne with good friend Ava Gardner; Gardner and then-husband Frank Sinatra; and Horne and Sinatra during a television show. The text explains that Gardner and Horne were good friends, Gardner and Sinatra remained good friends even after their divorce, but Horne and Sinatra didn’t like each other at all. The Horne and Sinatra (Sc. 4265) stamps are tied by the B&W Pictorial first-day cancel — larger illustration (new window). | |
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Dgn 640: Sc. 5259 Lena Horne — 5"x7" Dragon Card based on a poster for "Cabin In The Sky" (1943). The movie featured Horne, Ethel Waters (Sc. 2851), Duke Ellington (2211) and Louis Armstrong (2982). Those stamps are tied by the B&W Pictorial first-day cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 | |
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Dgn 641: Sc. 5275 Mister Rogers — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a photo of Mister Rogers behind the model of his Neighborhood. Digital Color Postmark — larger illustration (new window). | |
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Dgn 641a: Sc. 5275 Mister Rogers — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a photo of Mister Rogers behind the model of his Neighborhood. Pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50 | |
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Dgn 642: Sc. 5275 Mister Rogers — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a photo of Mister Rogers from his Canadian (CBC) forerunner show. Note the spelling of "Neighbourhood" on the Trolley! The B&W photo has been tinted dark blue. The 2018 U.S. stamp and Canada's 1986 Canadian Broadcasting Corp. stamp (Sc. 1103) are tied by the pictorial first-day-postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 | |
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Dgn 643: Sc. 5275 Mister Rogers — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a photo of Mister Rogers from his Canadian (CBC) forerunner show. Note the spelling of "Neighbourhood" on the Trolley! The B&W photo is in "glorious black-and-white." Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50 | |
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