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Professional Baseball
United States Postage
Stamp |
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 1969
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ISSUER
- USPS
PRINTER
- Bureau
of Engraving and
Printing
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SIZE -
2" x 3"
(Perforations: 11)
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PRICE GUIDE
- $1.00-$3.00
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Thirty-years after the
first
commemorative baseball postage stamp,
was issued in 1939, the Post Office issued it's second. A
6-cent postage stamp marking the 100th
anniversary of Professional Baseball
was issued. The first day ceremonies
was held on September 24, 1969 in
Cincinnati, Ohio.
The early game of baseball was strictly amateur until the mid-1860s when a
few cities, eager to have outstanding
teams, offered salary inducements to
star players. The first completely
professional team in baseball with each
player receiving a salary was formed in
Cincinnati, the Red Stockings, in 1869.
The stamp to honor the 100th
anniversary of pro ball was designed by
Alex Ross of Ridgefield, Conn. It
depicts a right-handed batter in white
uniform, red cap and black sweatshirt.
The foreground is green and the
background yellow.
The 1969 Professional Baseball postage stamps were sold in panes of 50
stamps. A "Pane" is the unit into which
a full press sheet is divided before
sale at post offices. A “sheet of
stamps” is more properly called a pane.
First Day Covers were made available to the public by sending addressed
envelopes with a money order for the
stamps to the postmaster, Cincinnati
Ohio 45202. The outside envelop should
have been marked "First Day Covers
Baseball Stamp." A "First Day Cover" is
an envelope or card which has been
postmarked and used (canceled) on the
first day of issue. In this instance,
the "Circular Date Stamp" The round
part of a postmark contained the place
of cancellation, and date; "Cincinnati
OH, SEP 24 1969"
The 3.75 by 6.5 inch "Official First Day Covers" which featured sketches
of ballplayers on the left, included;
Mickey Mantle (pictured below) Lou
Gehrig, Babe Ruth, Cy Young, Ty Cobb,
Joe DiMaggio, Jackie Robinson,
Sandy Koufax, Stan Musial, Willie Mays,
Ted Williams, and Satchel Paige.
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1969 Professional Baseball
United States Postage Stamp |
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1969 Professional Baseball
United States FDC - First Day
Cover |
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