Wednesday, March 8, 2017

Pittsburgh Pirates

1971-April-06 Pittsburgh, Pa - Opening Day Three Rivers Stadium
Philadelphia Phillies  4 - 2  Pittsburgh Pirates
  Dock Ellis pitched the complete game victory, Chris Short took the loss
Pirates RBI: Dock Ellis, Richie Hebner, Bill Mazeroski
Phillies RBI: Tim McCarver, Larry Bowa
May 2, 1987 Pittsburgh, Pa
Wilkpex `87 commemorative show cover and postmark, honoring the 100th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Pirates
1994-April-08 Opening Day Three rivers Stadium
Colorado Rockies  7 - 3  Pittsburgh Pirates 
April 26, 1995 - Opening Day Three rivers Stadium
Montreal Expos  6 - 2  Pittsburgh Pirates
1994-July-08 Pittsburgh, Pa
Roberto Clemente Statue Dedication at Three Rivers Stadium. A previous statue had been dedicated to Honus Wagner in 1955. Both statues were moved to PNC Park in 2001
Clemente
Wagner

Meter Cancels were used on bulk mailings sent out by the various ball clubs. A few examples used by the Pirates:
1986 Groups Have More Fun - ticket promotion
 1982 Back-to-school Night sponsored by Rax 
1984 Helmet Weekend sponsored by Heinz
1985 Budweiser Old Timers Night

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1966
1987
2012

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