Jackie Robinson Postage Stamp

Jackie Robinson became the first baseball player featured on a U.S. postage stamp. The Brooklyn Dodger great was honored on a 20-cent commemorative stamp issued in Cooperstown, August 2, 1982. The Jackie Robinson stamp was the fifth in the black heritage series, initiated in 1978.

Prervious stamps issued in the black Heritage USA Series have honored Harriet Tubman, Martin Luther King Jr, Benjamin Banneker, and Whitney Moore Young Jr. The Jackie Robinson stamp was designed by Jerry Pinkney, who also designed all the previous Black Heritage stamps.

The vertically-oriented standard commemorative size stamp features a portrait of Robinson with his name at the top. Beneath is a scene showing Robinson sliding into home plate. At the bottom of the stamp is the inscription "Black Heritage USA 20¢." In 1989 The united States Postal Service issued a Legends Baseball scrapbook and stamp album that contained four previously issued baseball postage stamps, and baseball cards, that pictured the stamp on the front and stats on the back. The baseball cards included this Jackie Robinson stamp, Babe Ruth, Roberto Clemente, and Lou Gehrig.

Jackie Robinson Black Heritage United States Postage Stamp


1982 Jackie Robinson Plate Block	1989 USPS Jackie Robinson Stamp Baseball Card

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