Monday, March 13, 2017

Olympic Baseball - 1992


USPS Commemorative Panel

Although played as a demonstration sport in seven previous Olympics, the 1992 Summer Games held in Barcelona were the first time Baseball was played as an official sport.

The stamp design shows a play at the plate, which was selected from an international contest conducted by the postal administrations of Brazil, Cyprus, France, Greece, Kenya, South Korea, Mexico, New Zealand and the United Staes. The winning design comes from Anthony DeLuz of Boston, Ma.

Issued April 3, 1992 Atlanta Ga, site of the 1996 Summer Olympic Games. The teams competing in Barcelona were: Cuba 7-0 (Gold Medal), Taiwan 5-2 (Silver Medal), Japan 5-2 (Bronze Medal), United States 5-2, Puerto Rico 2-5, Dominican Republic 2-5, Italy 1-6, Spain 1-6.

Stamp design by Anthony DeLuz, art director Richard Sheaff

Elten Schiller cachet (marked EFS Olympic on reverse)
Robinson Stamps linoprint cachet
Bob Patlen cachet (3 different designs)
BSA-8 (written on reverse #/318)
Artmaster cachet
CCC
Fleetwood cachet
Fleetwood Maxicard (Postcard Collection #92-12)
art by Tom McNeely
Artcraft
Postal Commemorative Society (Artcraft)


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