39c Roy Campanella single
Object Details
- Description
- The Postal Service issued the 39-cent Baseball Sluggers commemorative stamps on July 15, 2006, at Yankee Stadium in Bronx, New York. The stamps, designed by Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, were produced in four designs in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of twenty stamps.
- With this issuance, the Postal Service recognizes the accomplishments of four baseball greats: Roy Campanella, Hank Greenberg, Mel Ott, and Mickey Mantle. These four men were powerful hitters who wowed fans with awesome and often record-breaking home runs. They were also versatile players who helped lead their teams to victory and set impressive standards for subsequent generations.
- Lonnie Busch of Franklin, North Carolina, based his illustrations on historic photographs, simplifying and adapting the portraits to resemble old-fashioned baseball trading cards.
- Avery Dennison manufactured the 200 million stamps in the gravure process.
- Reference:
- Postal Bulletin (June 22, 2006).
- mint
- Credit line
- Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
- Data Source
- National Postal Museum
- Date
- July 15, 2006
- Object number
- 2006.2036.66
- Type
- Postage Stamps
- Medium
- paper; ink (multicolored)/ photogravure
- Place
- New York
- United States of America
- See more items in
- National Postal Museum Collection
- Title
- Scott Catalogue USA 4080
- Topic
- Sports
- Contemporary (1990-present)
- Black Heritage
- U.S. Stamps
- Record ID
- npm_2006.2036.66
