Lou Gehrig - 1989 ALS

dual postmarks with the BFSC Waterford-Halfmoon Elementary School postmark and the Lou Gehrig official USPS first day postmark

Ben Franklin Stamp Club of Waterford-Halfmoon Elementary School, Waterford NY, 11th Anniversary cover affixed with an overprint for the fight against ALS, Lou Gehrig's Disease. The covers were first Day of Issue cancelled by the club advisor Tom Hanely, in  the lobby of the Cooperstown, NY post office on June 10.

The overprinted Lou Gehrig stamp was conceived by the BFSC in order to raise funds for the fight against Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis, which indelibly became linked to the great Iron Man of baseball.

The covers were sold for $3.00. A full sheet of overprinted stamps were sold for $16.50

On Jan 14, 2022 I had an inquiry about this cover... I do not have a copy, this was an internet find. I do have copies of the stamps, blocks of 4 available for trade