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  • 2022 Issues
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    U.S. Flags 2022 (page 1)
    Edmonia Lewis (page 1)
    Eleanor Collins (page 1)
    Year of the Tiger (page 2)
    Flags on Barns (this page)
    Katharine Graham (this page)
    Mariachi (page 4)
    Pete Seeger (page 4)
    Elephants (page 5)
    Pony Cars (page 5)
    James Webb Space Telescope (page 5)
    Canada-USSR Hockey Summit (page 6)
    Charles M. Schulz (Peanuts) (page 6)
    Women Cryptologists (page 6)
    Hanukkah 2022 (5783) (page 6)


    Flags On Barns

    Dgn 775

    Dgn 775: Sc. 5684-7 Flags on Barns — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing photos of barns with flags on them in four seasons. All 4 stamps plus Sc. 1891 Flag "Amber Waves of Grain" are tied by the first day hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 775a

    Dgn 775a: Sc. 5684-7 Flags on Barns — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing photos of barns with flags on them in four seasons. Five stamps, with a plate number on the middle stamp, are affixed, plus Sc. 1891 Flag "Amber Waves of Grain. All are tied by the First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

    Dgn 775b

    Dgn 775b: Sc. 5684-7 Flags on Barns — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing photos of barns with flags on them in four seasons. All 4 stamps plus all four of 2021’s Barns coil stamps are affixed. All are tied by the First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00

    Dgn 776

    Dgn 776: Sc. 5684-7 Flags on Barns — 4¼"x5½" Dragon Card (eligible for postcard rate) showing photos of barns with flags on them in four seasons. All 4 stamps are tied by the first day hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 777

    Dgn 777: Sc. 5684-7 Flags on Barns — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing photos of barns on flags! The 2022 flag stamp, one of last year's barn stamps, and one of the new flags-on-barns stamps are affixed. The text declares a set of barns-on-flags stamps is inevitable. First Day of Issue hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

    Dgn 778

    Dgn 778: Sc. 5684-7 Flags on Barns — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a wreck of a barn with the headline "We surrender! Stop with the barns already." All 4 stamps plus Sc. 1891 Flag "Amber Waves of Grain" are tied by the first day hand cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Katharine Graham

    Dgn 779

    Dgn 779: Sc. 5699 Katharine Graham — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the front page of The Washington Past. The featured photograph shows a 1976 picture of Graham (which we colorized) set against the Post's front page reporting the Supreme Court ruling in the paper's favor over publishing the Pentagon Papers. All the readable text on the card refers to Graham and the new stamp! Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.50

    Dgn 779a

    Dgn 779a: Sc. 5699 Katharine Graham — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the front page of The Washington Past. The featured photograph shows a 1976 picture of Graham (which we colorized) set against the Post's front page reporting the Supreme Court ruling in the paper's favor over publishing the Pentagon Papers. All the readable text on the card refers to Graham and the new stamp! Black pictorial postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

    Dgn 779b

    Dgn 779b: Sc. 5699 Katharine Graham — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the front page of The Washington Past. The featured photograph shows a 1976 picture of Graham (which we colorized) set against the Post's front page reporting the Supreme Court ruling in the paper's favor over publishing the Pentagon Papers. All the readable text on the card refers to Graham and the new stamp! The pictorial postmark ties the new stamp and stamps for her presidential Friends and Foes: JFK (Sc. 5175), LBJ (1503), Nixon (2955), Bush (5393) and Reagan (4494). Kennedy was so close a friend that he even sent a government plane to bring her husband back to Washington after he had a meltdown in Arizona. Phil Graham was a major advisor to Johnson and she remained a close friend with LBJ for the rest of his life. She was never really friends with George Bush, but the relationship was further strained when Newsweek magazine (owned by her company) published a cover story during his 1988 campaign, "Fighting the Wimp Factor." The Post's reporting helped topple Nixon from office. She did not have significant relationships with Carter, Ford or Cllinton. — larger illustration (new window)...$10.00

    Dgn 779c

    Dgn 779c: Sc. 5699 Katharine Graham — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the front page of The Washington Past. The featured photograph shows a 1976 picture of Graham (which we colorized) set against the Post's front page reporting the Supreme Court ruling in the paper's favor over publishing the Pentagon Papers. All the readable text on the card refers to Graham and the new stamp! The pictorial postmark ties the new stamp and Freedom of the Press (Sc. 1119), New York Times owner and publisher Adolph S. Ochs (1700) and Newspaper Boys (1015). — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    Dgn 780

    Dgn 780: Sc. 5699/5702 Katharine Graham/Nancy Reagan — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the front page of The Washington Past. The featured photograph shows a 1976 photo of Graham (which we colorized) is set against a picture of the Post's front page reporting that the Supreme Court ruled in favor in the paper's favor over publishing the Pentagon Papers. All the readable text on the card refers to Graham and the new stamp! The Graham and Nancy Reagan stamps are tied by their respective first-day circular date stamp cancels. Additional text explains that they lunched together regularly during the Reagan administration. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00

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