Legends of Baseball Stamps

New York's Yankee Stadium, Boston's Fenway Park, and Chicago's Wrigley Field are among 10 ballparks that were commemorated with stamps issued by the U.S. Postal Service as part of it's "Baseball's Legendary Playing Fields" stamp series. The 34-cent adhesive stamps were unveiled at Yankee Stadium before the game between The New York Yankees and the Cleveland Indians, on June 27, 2001.

The other ballparks on the pane are: Chicago's original Comiskey Park, Cincinnati's Crosley Field, Pittsburgh's Forbes Field, New York's Polo Grounds and Ebbets Field, Philadelphia's Shribe Park and Detroit's Tiger Stadium. St. Louis's Sportsman’s Park is on the pane header.

The backprint stamps feature information about the field. Actual vintage postcards were used for the front. A sample of the Yankee Stadium postcard and stamp is pictured below. The first Day Covers were all postmarked in New York City, and feature a colorful depiction of the field.

Pictured below is an "Add-on Cachet" - A cachet that has been added to a previously uncacheted first day cover after the first day of issue. (uncacheted - a cover which has no cachet design) The add-on could be hand-painted, hand-drawn, computer printed, rubber stamped, a glued photograph to name a few methods, and made in very limited edition, many are one-of-a-kind. Unfortunately, many add-ons are not so identified. The Yankee Stadium "Add-on" below has a KSC Cahets, 2022 identifier stamped on the back.

2000 Legends of Baseball Postage Stamp FDC


Stamp Front	Stamp Backprint


Original Vintage Yankee Stadium Postcard	Vintage Yankee Stadium Postcard Back


2021 Baseball's Legendary Playing Felds First Day Cover 2022 KSC "Add-On" Cachet	KSC 2022 Add-On Stamp

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