Dgn 39: Sc. 2766 Joe Louis — 5"x7" black-on-light green Dragon Card; color portrait of Louis pasted on, text, First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$2.50

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Dgn 39c: Sc. 2766 Joe Louis — Special text and design for combo: With Jackie Robinson, 1945 Army stamps. Text describes Robinson and Louis together in Army at Ft. Riley, Kansas in WWII, their work against segregation there. Only 24 produced!

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Dgn 39m: Sc. 2766 Joe Louis — Set of the 3 margin text singles: "Louis retired undefeated," "Joe Louis was world champion," and "Known as the Brown"

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Dgn 39p/39z: Sc. 2766 Joe Louis — Special design for plate/zip blocks, same text, only 2 plate blocks and 2 zip blocks produced

Dgn 39 was an experiment in production: The cards were produced on an office photocopier, and the color illustration at a commercial copy center using then-new color xerography. While photocopying the base cards allowed for great flexibility in design, the cardstock frequently jammed in the photocopier or didn't feed straight. The color pictures were produced on one sheet as multiple images, and then cut apart. The first commercial copy center approached refused the job unless proof of licensing of the image was shown.

The experiment was not repeated, although by 2000, color xerography had become cheaper and was able to print directly to cards, eliminating the need for the system used for Dgn 39.

Dgn 45: Sc. 3096a Big Bandleaders — block of four on a 5"x7" blue-on-cream Dragon Card, One of the four bandleaders is Count Basie. First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

Dgn 45c: Sc. 3096a Big Bandleaders — block of four on a 5"x7" blue-on-cream Dragon Card, with Sc. 1252. One of the four bandleaders is Count Basie. First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$4.25

Dgn 45pb: Sc. 3096a Big Bandleaders — Plate block of 4 on a 5"x7" blue-on-cream Dragon Card. One of the four bandleaders is Count Basie. First Day of Issue hand cancel. 10 produced — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

Dgn 46a: Sc. 3096 Count Basie — single from the Big Bandleaders block on a FDC-size navy-on-cream Dragon Card — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 47: Sc. 3096 Count Basie — single from the Big Bandleaders block of 4, with Sc. 2211 Ellington, on a blue-on-cream FDC-size card, showing Basie & Ellington together in a recording session, First Day of Issue hand cancel — larger illustration (new window)...$3.50

Carver, Robinson, Desegregation, King

Dgn 60

Dgn 80

Dgn 83c

Dgn 84

Dgn 89

Dgn 60: Sc. 3183c Century: GW Carver — single from the Celebrate the Century series on a 5"x7" sepia-on-cream Dragon Card, with a portrait of Carver — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

Dgn 60a: Sc. 3183c Century: GW Carver — single from the Celebrate the Century series on a 5"x7" sepia-on-cream Dragon Card, with a portrait of Carver, with Sc. 958 1948 — larger illustration (new window)...$4.00

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Dgn 80: Sc. 3186c Jackie Robinson — single from the Celebrate the Century 1940s sheet on a black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, printed drawing of generic player sliding into base — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

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Dgn 80c: Sc. 3186c Jackie Robinson — single from the Celebrate the Century 1940s sheet on a black-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, printed drawing of generic player sliding into base; with Sc. 2016 1982 Jackie Robinson stamp. Just 25 produced — larger illustration (new window)...$4.50

Dgn 83c: Sc. 3187c-j NYC Baseball — Subway Series and Shot Heard Round The World singles from the Celebrate the Century 1950s sheet on a blue-on-cream 5"x7" Dragon Card, details from 1950s NYC subway map, pitcher winding up, with Sc. 2016 1982 Jackie Robinson stamp: He played in all the Dodgers-Yankees Series and the Dodgers-Giants playoffs in 1951 — larger illustration (new window)...$5.00

Dgn 84: Sc. 3187f School Desegregation — 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 — larger illustration (new window)...$3.00

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Dgn 89: Sc. 3188a Martin Luther King — single from the Celebrate the Century 1960s sheet on a black-on-bright orange 5"x7" Dragon Card, photo of King at protest, small circular date stamp cancel; just 25 made — larger illustration (new window)...

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