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Dgn 816: Sc. 3402 Willie O'Ree 5”x7” Dragon Card showing O'Ree as a player in 19961 and on "Willie O'Ree Night" at the Boston Garden, when the Bruins retired his number. First-day postmark. larger illustration (new window)...$$4.00 | |
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OFDC-oree: Sc. 3402 Willie O'Ree Canada Post's Official FDC with a closely-matching design The stamp is tied by the first-day postmark on this 7½" x 4⅜" envelope. larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 |
Dgn 820: Sc. 5830 Constance Baker Motley 5"x7" Dragon Card showing Motley flashing the "V" for Victory sign after winning election to the New York State Senate. The text lists some of her accomplishments. Digital Color Postmark. larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 |
Dgn 820a: Sc. 5830 Constance Baker Motley 5"x7" Dragon Card showing Motley flashing the "V" for Victory sign after winning election to the New York State Senate. The text lists some of her accomplishments. Pictorial Postmark. larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
Dgn 821: Sc. 5830 Constance Baker Motley 5"x7" Dragon Card showing Motley flashing the "V" for Victory sign after winning election to the New York State Senate. The quote is from a newspaper article in the early 1960s. The Pictorial Postmark ties the new stamp, Martin Luther King Jr (Sc. 1771); Thurgood Marshall (3746); LBJ, who nominated her for a federal judgeship (1503); CTC/School Desegregation, the case for which she helped litigate (3187f); and Dorothy Height (5171), who pushed her to run for the state senate and then took her door-to-door campaigning. larger illustration (new window)...$6.00 |
Dgn 822: Sc. 5830 Constance Baker Motley 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the cover of a 1966 issue of Jet magazine featuring Motley on its cover. (We highlighted the mention of her on the cover.) The text lists key accomplishments. Digital Color Postmark. larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 |
Dgn 822a: Sc. 5830 Constance Baker Motley 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the cover of a 1966 issue of Jet magazine featuring Motley on its cover. (We highlighted the mention of her on the cover.) The text lists key accomplishments. Pictorial Postmark. larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
Dgn 823: Sc. 5830 Constance Baker Motley 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a baseball locker with a jersey in it such as the Yankees wore in 1977. Judge Motley ruled in favor of a woman magazine reporter barred from interviewing players inside the New York locker room during the World Series. She never got her interview with No. 44 Reggie Jackson. The Pictorial Postmark ties the new stamp and Professional Baseball (Sc. 1381). larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 |
Dgn 84a: Sc. 5830/3187f Century: School Desegregation/Motley single from the Celebrate the Century 1950s sheet on a blue-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, silhouette of schoolhouse and children superimposed on photo of U.S. Supreme Court building. The 2024 Constance Baker Motley stamp and its first-day postmark were added. She helped prepare the successful cases that won key civil rights rulings. larger illustration (new window)...$3.00 |
Dgn 826: Sc. 5834-43 Underground Railroad 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing the woodcut "Twenty-eight fugitives escaping from the Eastern Shore of Maryland" from William Still's 1872 book The Underground Railroad. A block of 10 stamps is postmarked by the Pictorial Postmark and a circular date stamp. Only 13 produced. larger illustration (new window)...$15.00 | |
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Dgn 826a: Sc. 5834 Underground Railroad 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing the woodcut "Twenty-eight fugitives escaping from the Eastern Shore of Maryland" from William Still's 1872 book The Underground Railroad. The Tubman single and earlier Tubman stamps Sc. 1744 (1978) and Sc. 2975k (from the 1996 Civil War pane) are tied by the Pictorial Postmark. larger illustration (new window)...$5.00 |
Dgn 826b: Sc. 5841 Underground Railroad 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing the woodcut "Twenty-eight fugitives escaping from the Eastern Shore of Maryland" from William Still's 1872 book The Underground Railroad. The Frederick Douglass single and earlier Douglass stamps Sc. 1290 (1967) and Sc. 2975h (from the 1996 Civil War pane) are tied by the Pictorial Postmark. larger illustration (new window)...$5.00 |
Dgn 827: Sc. 5834-43 Underground Railroad UO 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a 1975 drawing of the Seven Chimneys House in Washington Township, Bergen County, NJ. Built in 1745 and still occupied today, it is believed to have been a "station" on the Underground Railroad. Random singles were used; none of the people on the stamps are known to have had any connection to this "station." Township of Washington unofficial-location postmark on the first-day. Only 10 of each design were serviced and we believe these are the only FDCs with this "unofficial location." larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 |
Dgn 828: Sc. 5834-43 Underground Railroad UO 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a 1966 photograph of the Seven Chimneys House in Washington Township, Bergen County, NJ. Built in 1745 and still occupied today, it is believed to have been a "station" on the Underground Railroad. Soon after this photo was taken, the steps were removed and this front of the house became the back. Random singles were used; none of the people on the stamps are known to have had any connection to this "station." Township of Washington unofficial-location postmark on the first-day. Only 10 of each design were serviced and we believe these are the only FDCs with this "unofficial location." larger illustration (new window)...$4.00 |