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2000 Legends of
Baseball Postage Stamp
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Item Details |
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CIRCA
- 2000
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ISSUER
- USPS
PRINTER
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Ashton-Potter Ltd
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SIZE -
Serpentine die cut
11.25
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SCOTT
NUMBER -
3408a–3408t
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QUANTATY
- 11,250,000
(Panes)
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FACE VALUE
- .33¢
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PRICE GUIDE
- $1.00-$2.00
(each)
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On July 6, 2000, the Postal Service issued the
Legends of Baseball pane of twenty
33-cent commemorative stamps in
Atlanta, Georgia.
Jackie Robinson straddles second base,
holding a gloved baseball to the dirt
to seal a base runner's doom. Babe Ruth
Stares into the distance after clubbing
a home run. Satchel Paige glares in at
a hitter, a faint smirk on his face.
Twenty players were picked from a list of 100 nominated the year before
for Baseball's All-Century team. In
order to be featured on a stamp, they
also had to be in the Hall of Fame and,
because of Postal custom, dead for at
least 10 years.
The twenty players appearing on this
pane are: Jackie Robinson, Eddie
Collins, Christy Mathewson, Ty Cobb,
George Sisler, Rogers Hornsby, Mickey
Cochrane, Babe Ruth, Walter Johnson,
Roberto Clemente, Lefty Grove, Tris
Speaker, Cy Young, Jimmie Fox, Pie
Traynor, Satchel Paige, Honus Wagner,
Josh Gibson, Dizzy Dean, and Lou
Gehrig.
The stamps were designed by Phil Jordan, and illustrated by Joseph Saffold.
Working from historic baseball
photographs, Saffold created the
colorful stamp art with Prismacolor
pencils, airbrushed acrylic and oil
paints. The backprint on the stamp
pane liner describes significant
achievements in the baseball careers of
each player.
The First day covers feature the artwork of Fred Collins. Making First Day
Covers his life's work, Collins hand
painted FDCs have been produced since
1978. An involved member of the
philatelic community, his reputation
for superb quality has continued to
grow.
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