Lou Gehrig Postage Stamp

The 25¢ Lou Gehrig Commemorative stamp was issued at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown, N.Y., as part of the museum’s 50th anniversary celebration on June 10, 1989. The Gehrig stamp is the 74th sports related issue and sixth to honor baseball. He joins Jackie Robinson, Babe Ruth, and Roberto Clemente in the "Baseball Stamp Hall Of Fame." This stamp was also the eighth issued in the American sports series, which included the pervious stamps of; Golfer Bobby Jones, Babe Didrikson Zaharias, Jim Thorpe, and Knute Rockne.

The stamp shows two likenesses of Gehrig; his batting stance is superimposed on his profile. Stamp designer Bart Forbes based his painting of Gehrig on two photographs of the "Iron Horse."

Also 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.

1989 American Sports Series Lou Gehrig Postage Stamp


1989 Lou Gehrig Plate Block	1989 Lou Gehrig Postage Stamp Baseball Card

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