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    $2.40 Moon Landing/Priority Mail
    $10.75 Endeavour Express Mail
    Mars Pathfinder
    Century: Moon Landing
    Century: Star Trek
    Ilan Ramon/Columbia
    Mercury Planet/Project
    Moon Global Intl. Rate Forever
    Sally Ride
    Moon Landing 50th Anniversary
    John Glenn Centennial
    James Webb Space Telescope
    OSIRIS-Rex

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    $2.40 Moon Landing/Priority Mail

    Dgn 29

    Dgn 29: Sc. 2419 Moon Landing/Priority Mail — Blue on white FDC-size card with Apollo 11 20th anniversary emblem, Priority Mail symbol — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 29au

    Dgn 29au: Sc. 2419 Moon Landing/Priority Mail — Blue on white FDC-size card with Apollo 11 20th anniversary emblem, Priority Mail symbol. Autographed by stamp designer Chris Calle — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 29c

    Dgn 29c: Sc. 2419 Moon Landing/Priority Mail — blue-on-white FDC-size Dragon Card with Apollo 11 20th anniversary emblem; #C76 1969 Moon Landing added — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 29cau

    Dgn 29cau: Sc. 2419 $2.40 Moon Landing/Priority Mail — blue-on-white FDC-size Dragon Card with Apollo 11 20th anniversary emblem; #C76 1969 Moon Landing added. Autographed by stamp designers Paul Calle (C76) and Chris Calle (2419) — larger illustration (new window).
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    $10.75 Endeavour Express Mail

    Dgn 42

    Dgn 42: Sc. 2544A $10.75 Endeavour Express Mail — blue-on-gray 5"x7" Dragon Card, showing the mission emblem plus text, AFDCS 1995 Convention show hand cancel (The stamp was issued at the show). — larger illustration (new window)...$20.00
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    Dgn 42c

    Dgn 42c: Sc. 2544A $10.75 Endeavour Express Mail — blue-on-gray 5"x7" Dragon Card, showing the mission emblem plus text, AFDCS 1995 Convention show hand cancel (stamp was issued at the show), and the $3 Challenger Priority Mail stamp (Sc. 2544). — larger illustration (new window).
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    Dgn 42p: Sc. 2544A $10.75 Endeavour Express Mail — Sc. 2544A $10.75 Endeavour Express Mail — plate single on a blue-on-gray 5"x7" Dragon Card, showing the mission emblem plus text, AFDCS 1995 Convention show hand cancel (stamp was issued at the show).
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    Mars Pathfinder

    Dgn 55

    Dgn 55: Sc. 3178 Mars Pathfinder — $3 souvenir sheet on a 8½"x11" bright blue Dragon Card with the full souvenir sheet and one of the $3 Palau Mars Pathfinder souvenir sheets issued a year earlier. Illustrations are of the Rover and a fantasy spaceship; plus text. — larger illustration (new window)...$10.00
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    Dgn 55e

    Dgn 55e: Sc. 3178 Mars Pathfinder — $3 souvenir sheet on an 8½"x11" bright blue Dragon Card with the full souvenir sheet and one of the $3 Palau Mars Pathfinder souvenir sheets issued a year earlier. Illustrations are of the Rover and a fantasy spaceship; text. Mistake: The text below the Palau souvenir sheet is incorrect. — larger illustration (new window)...$8.00

    Century:Moon Landing

    Dgn 90

    Dgn 90: Sc. 3188c Century: Moon Landing — single from the 1960s Celebrate the Century sheet on a black-on-magenta 5"x7" Dragon Card, photo of astronaut and flag on the Moon, small circular date stamp, just 25 made. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Century:Star Trek

    Dgn 91

    Dgn 91: Sc. 3188e Century: Star Trek — black-on-yellow-green 5"x7" Dragon Card, printed picture of the USS Enterprise and words "Star Trek," small circular date stamp, just 25 made. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    The 5 stamps selected from the 1960s Celebrate the Century sheet of 15 were all serviced on Dragon Cards printed on "psychedelic"-colored cardstock. That's why Moon Landing is on a magenta card and Star Trek is on a yellow-green card — both "dayglo" colors.

    Ilan Ramon/Columbia

    Dgn 167

    Dgn 167: Sc. 1552 Ilan Ramon/Columbia — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a color photo of Columbia's final launch, inset photo of the Columbia crew, with Israel's 2004 Ilan Ramon stamp + tab, first day cancel — larger illustration (new window).
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    Mercury (Planet/Project)

    Dgn 409

    Dgn 409: Sc. 4527-8 Mercury — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a montage of Alan Shepard and an artist's conception of the MESSENGER probe orbiting Mercury. Se-tenant pair of stamps plus the Digital Color Postmark — larger illustration (new window)...$4.50

    Dgn 409a

    Dgn 409a: Sc. 4527-8 Mercury — 5"x7" Dragon Card with a montage of Alan Shepard and an artist's conception of the MESSENGER probe orbiting Mercury. Shepard stamp plus 1962's Project Mercury stamp (Sc. 1193) — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50


    Moon Global

    Dgn 578

    Dgn 578: Sc. 5058 Moon Global — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a full moon over the Parthenon. Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00
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    Sally Ride

    Dgn 652

    Dgn 652: Sc. 5283 Sally Ride — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing NASA photographs of the launch of the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983, and of Ride on Challenger's middeck during the flight. Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50
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    Dgn 652a

    Dgn 652a: Sc. 5283 Sally Ride — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing NASA photographs of the launch of the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983, and of Ride on Challenger's middeck during the flight. Black & White pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50
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    Dgn 652b

    Dgn 652b: Sc. 5283 Sally Ride — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing NASA photographs of the launch of the space shuttle Challenger on June 18, 1983, and of Ride on Challenger's middeck during the flight. The new stamp and Sc. 2544 $3 Challenger Priority Mail are tied by the B&W pictorial postmark — larger illustration (new window).
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    50th Anniversary of the Moon Landing

    Dgn 693

    Dgn 693: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00
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    Dgn 693a

    Dgn 693a: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693b

    Dgn 693b: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. The pictorial first-day postmark ties the new stamps, Sc. C76 (1969) and Sc. 2841(1994). — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00
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    Dgn 693c

    Dgn 693c: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. The pictorial first-day postmark ties the new stamps, Sc. C76 (1969), $2.40 Sc. 2419 (1989), Sc. 2841(1994) and Sc. 3188c Celebrate the Century. — larger illustration (new window)...$8.00
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    Dgn 693d

    Dgn 693d: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. The U.S. pictorial first-day postmark ties both the U.S. stamps and the two Canadian booklet stamps commemorating the Moon Landing.. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00
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    Dgn 693e

    Dgn 693e: Sc. 5399-5400/3186-7 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. The U.S. pictorial first-day postmark ties the U.S. stamps, the Canadian first-day cancel ties Canada's two (water-activated) sheet stamps commemorating the Moon Landing. A company in Longueuil, Quebec, helped build part of the lunar module, and Canadian expatriates Jim Chamberlin and Owen Maynard were key parts of the Apollo spacecraft program. — larger illustration (new window)...$8.00
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    Dgn 693f

    Dgn 693f: Sc. 3188-9 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Canada's two booklet stamps are tied by Canada's first-day postmark. A company in Longueuil, Quebec, helped build part of the lunar module, and Canadian expatriates Jim Chamberlin and Owen Maynard were key parts of the Apollo spacecraft program. — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00
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    Dgn 693g

    Dgn 693g: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Minneapolis First Day of Sale on the first day of issue (July 19th). — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693h

    Dgn 693h: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Crystal MN pictorial postmark on the anniversary of the landing, July 20th. Minnesota Stamp Expo was being held in Crystal. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693i

    Dgn 693i: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. The U.S. pictorial first-day postmark ties both the U.S. stamps and the four Australian stamps commemorating the Moon Landing. Among the Australian contributions: The telecast of the first 9 minutes on the Moon came to the U.S. (and everywhere else) via a tracking station in Australia. — larger illustration (new window)...$10.00
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    Dgn 693j

    Dgn 693j: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Cape Canaveral "capsule" pictorial postmark for July 20th, the actual anniversary. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693k

    Dgn 693k: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Cape Canaveral "eagle" pictorial postmark for July 20th, the actual anniversary. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693l

    Dgn 693l: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. Houston "Mission Control" pictorial postmark for July 20th, the actual anniversary. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 693m

    Dgn 693m: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a NASA photo of Buzz Aldrin walking on the Moon. the pictorial first-day postmark ties the new stamps, flanking Sc.1371 Apollo 8. That was the first crewed spacecraft to reach the moon, although it didn't land. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00
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    Dgn 694

    Dgn 694: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card reproducing a scene from "The Honeymooners:" Ralph Kramden warning his wife Alice, "One of these days, Alice, to the moon!" Of course, he never did, and she always immediately deflated him. The actual "to the Moon" trip occurred about 13 years later. Pictorial first-day postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00
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    Dgn 696

    Dgn 696: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing the moon behind the Gateway Arch in St. Louis. A dedication ceremony for the Moon Landing stamps was held at Americover 2019 in St. Louis on July 26, 2019. Pictorial event cancel. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 697

    Dgn 697: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card printed in 1999 for the Celebrate the Century 1960s Moon Landing stamp (Dgn 90): Black ink on "psychedelic" magenta card showing a photo of an astronaut and flag on the moon. The B&W pictorial first-day postmark ties both stamps. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 697a

    Dgn 697a: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card printed in 1999 for the Celebrate the Century 1960s Moon Landing stamp (Dgn 90): Black ink on "psychedelic" magenta card showing a photo of an astronaut and flag on the moon. The B&W pictorial first-day postmark ties both 2019 stamps and CTC's Sc. 3188c. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

    Dgn 697b

    Dgn 697b: Sc. 5399-5400 Moon Landing — 5"x7" Dragon Card printed in 1999 for the Celebrate the Century 1960s Moon Landing stamp (Dgn 90): Black ink on "psychedelic" magenta card showing a photo of an astronaut and flag on the moon. Digital Color Postmark. Only two produced. This was an experiment to see how the DCP would work on this card. It doesn't — larger illustration (new window).
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    Back in 1999, when the Celebrate the Century 1960s stamps came out, my printer at the time wouldn't print fewer than 50. I only wanted to service 25 for the CTC Moon Landing stamp. But like any good collector, I couldn't throw away the other 25 cards. These are those cards, with the 2019 stamps.

    Also back in the not-so-good old days, multicolored printing was prohibitively expensive, and using any color ink other than black cost $25 — to wash the colored ink off the press after use. So I hit upon the idea of printing the five CTC 1960s designs on brightly colored cardstock, using "psychedelic"colors." Others used were yellow-green (Star Trek), bright yellow (Beatles), orange (Martin Luther King and the March on Washington), and bright turquoise (Roger Maris' 61st home run).


    John Glenn Centennial (event)

    Dgn 758

    Dgn 758: Sc. N/A John Glenn — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a official photos of John Glenn as a U.S. Senator and a Project Mercury astronaut. The background is a photo he took from orbit during his historic 1962 flight. Two round July 18, 2021, Cambridge OH postmarks (the centennial and place of his birth) tie stamps representing his life: Senate (Sc. 2413), Project Mercury (1193, issued the day Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth) and Return to Space (3191h), from the Celebrate the Century 1990s sheet. In 1998, at age 77, he became the oldest person to fly into space up to that point, as part of a shuttle crew. As a Marine fighter pilot in World War II and the Korean War, he was decorated numerous times. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00

    James Webb Space Telescope

    Dgn 790

    Dgn 790: Sc. 5720 Webb Space Telescope — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a NASA photo of one of the "cosmic cliffs" uncovered by the Webb. Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    Dgn 790a

    Dgn 790a: Sc. 5720 Webb Space Telescope — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a NASA photo of one of the "cosmic cliffs" uncovered by the Webb. Pictorial Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

    Dgn 790b

    Dgn 790b: Sc. 5720 Webb Space Telescope — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a NASA photo of one of the "cosmic cliffs" uncovered by the Webb. The Pictorial Postmark ties the new stamp and Sc. 3409a Hubble Telescope from 2000's Probing the Vastness of Space souvenir sheet. — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00

    Dgn 790c

    Dgn 790c: Sc. 5720 Webb Space Telescope — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing a NASA photo of one of the "cosmic cliffs" uncovered by the Webb. The Pictorial Postmark ties the new stamp and Sc. 3384-8 Hubble Telescope images . — larger illustration (new window)...$6.00
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    OSIRIS-REx

    Dgn 813

    Dgn 813: Sc. 5820 OSIRIS-REx — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing an artist's rendition of the OSIRIS-REx capsule parachuting down to Earth. The mission logo, the meaning of the acronym "OSIRIS-Rex" and key facts about the mission are included. Digital Color Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

    Dgn 813a

    Dgn 813a: Sc. 5820 OSIRIS-REx — 5"x7" Dragon Card showing an artist's rendition of the OSIRIS-REx capsule parachuting down to Earth. The mission logo, the meaning of the acronym "OSIRIS-Rex" and key facts about the mission are included. Pictorial Postmark. — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00