Italy v Spain : 1952 Rome

 

1952-Aug Rome

Italy v Spain Aug 31 Turin Stadium

Italy national baseball team played its first-ever international game against Spain on 1952-Aug-31, in Rome, marking the official debut of Italy's national baseball program.

National Sports Games - Dominican Republic 1981

1981-Mar-31 Santo Domingo DR

 

Baseball Sluggers : 2006

 

2006-Aug-12 Dearborn Heights MI - Colpex Station

Collector's Club of Michigan

MiLB : Clinton Lumber Kings - Prospect League

2008-Aug-23 Clinton IA

The Clinton LumberKings are a collegiate summer baseball team of the Prospect League. They are located in Clinton, Iowa, and play their home games at NelsonCorp Field. From 1956 to 2020, they were members of Minor League Baseball's Midwest League. With Major League Baseball's reorganization of the minor leagues after the 2020 season, Clinton was not selected to continue in affiliated baseball

 

Mexican Baseball League - 50th Anniversary : 1974

1974-Nov-29 Correos de Mexico

The Mexican Baseball League (Liga Mexicana de Béisbol), is a professional baseball league in Mexico. It is the oldest running professional sports league in the country. The league has 20 teams organized in two divisions, North and South. Teams play 114 games each season. Five teams in each division advance to a four-round postseason tournament that culminates in the Serie del Rey, a best-of-seven championship series between the two division champions. The Mexican League has two affiliated developmental leagues, the Liga Norte de México and Mexican Academy League.

Founded in 1925, LMB grew substantially in the immediate post-World War II era thanks to the efforts of Jorge Pasquel, who greatly increased the quality and visibility of the league by luring players from Major League Baseball

MiLB - Dayton Dragons

2000-Apr-27 Dayton OH

PMW cachet #/15

Professional baseball is back in Dayton after a 49-year absence, and what better way to have it return than with three of the Cincinnati Reds' top draft choices of the last two years. A least at the start of the Class A Midwest Baseball League season, Ty Howington, Adam Dunn and Austin Kearns are expected to be stand outs for the new Dragons (reverse of envelope)

 

Joe DiMaggio - Editorial Novaro : 1969

The Festival del Mundo de la Historieta (Festival of the World of Cartoons/Comics) was a major promotional and anniversary celebration hosted by the prominent Mexican publisher Editorial Novaro throughout 1969.

The festival branding appeared on 1969 issues of popular translated American comic series published in Mexico by Novaro, including Superman, Tarzan, Bugs Bunny (El Conejo de la Suerte), Fantomas, and various Walt Disney titles (Historietas de Walt Disney).

As part of the 1969 celebration, Novaro released a companion sticker/stamp album (Álbum del Festival del Mundo de la Historieta). Readers collected and pasted stamps—which were printed or cut out from the covers and pages of participating Novaro comic books published that year. Joe DiMaggio was the only baseball player that was part of this collection

MiLB - Spartanburg SC

1989-June-27 Spartanburg SC - Duncan Park

 

The Spartanburg Spinners was the name of a minor league baseball team located in Spartanburg, South Carolina in 1983.

The team played in the Class-A South Atlantic League in 1983, as an affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies. Mike Maddux and Lance McCullers both played for the Spinners. 

The Spinners existed for a single season in Spartanburg, they were actually a continuation of the Spartanburg Phillies, a minor league affiliate of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1963 to 1994. The team changed its name a few times in the 1980s, playing as the Spartanburg Traders in 1981 and 1982, and the Spartanburg Suns in 1984 and 1985. They returned to the Phillies name in 1986 and kept it until their final season in 1994.

In 1995, the team moved to Kannapolis, North Carolina, becoming the Piedmont Phillies.

MiLB - Blue Jays

The Knoxville Blue Jays, locally referred to as the K-Jays, were a long-time Class AA farm club of the Toronto Blue Jays from 1980 until 1999

The team did showcase future Major League stars such as Jesse Barfield (’80 and ’81), Jimmy Key (’83), Cecil Fielder (’84-’85), Fred McGriff (’84), David Wells (’84 and ’86), Pat Hentgen (’90) and Jeff Kent (’91).The team was re-branded following the 1992 season, taking back the historic Knoxville Smokies name. The relationship with Toronto continued until 2003, when the St. Louis Cardinals replaced the Blue Jays as Knoxville’s parent club.

The Myrtle Beach Blue Jays were a minor league baseball team affiliated with the Toronto Blue Jays, based in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina. They began play in the South Atlantic League in 1987 after being relocated from Florence, South Carolina (Florence Blue Jays).  During this time, they would see players such as Carlos Delgado, Steve Karsay, Derek Bell, Pat Hentgen, and Chris Weinke wear their uniform. The club was renamed the Myrtle Beach Hurricanes in 1991. The team was sold after the 1992 season and relocated to Maryland as the Hagerstown Suns (replacing an Eastern League franchise of the same name).

World Series: 1908 - Chicago Cubs v Detroit Tigers

2008-Mar-29 Kalamzoo MI - Kazoopex

1908 World Series - fifth edition of the World Series, it matched the defending National League (NL) champion Chicago Cubs against the American League (AL) champion Detroit Tigers in a rematch of the 1907 Series. The Cubs won in five games for their second straight World Series title.

San Diego Padres - 2003

2003-Sep-28 San Diego CA - Qualcomm Stadium

Colorado Rockies 10 - 8 San Diego Padres

COL RBIs: Jay Payton 3 (HR); Chris Stynes 2; Juan Uribe 2 (HR); Charles Johnson 2 (HR); Greg Norton (HR)

SDP RBIs: Xavier Nady 3 (HR); Mark Loretta (HR); Phil Nevin; Mark Kotsay; Jake Peavy; Gary Bennett

Pitching COL: Javier López (W 1-inning)

Pitching SDP: Jay Witasik (L 0.2-inning)

The 2003 San Diego Padres season was the 35th season in franchise history. The team was managed by Bruce Bochy, as the team played their final season of home games at Qualcomm Stadium before moving the club to Petco Park the following season.

 

Japan Letter Writing Day - Pinch-hit

23-Jul-1983 Osaka Chuo (central) - Letter Writing Day

 

Cleveland Giants - 1922

1922-Jun-24 Boston MA

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Nippon Professional Baseball - 2000 Japan 20th Century

Japan 20th Century - Episode 7

Japan issued several mini sheets to commemorate their achievements during the 20th Century.  This sheet includes stamps honoring:

1) The Great Sea of Clouds by Fumihiko Otsuki first edition

2) Tokyp Ondo sheet music cover

3) Enoken Troupe: Kenichi Enomoto fro the stage play "Enoken's Golden Demon" and the film "Enoken's Youthful Suicide Tiger Story"

4-5) Professional Baseball formed. Image (Umpire, Catcher and Batter) from the US Tour at the time of the league's formation

6) Hachiko the Loyal Dog and his bronze statiue

7) "Miyamoto Musashi" by Eiji Yoshikawa; First edition "Earth and Water Volume"

8-9) Steam Locomotive D51 debuts

10) Ryukyu wood pigeon and hibiscus

 

Kerry Wood

1998-May-06 Chicago IL - Wrigley Field

Houston Astros 0 - 2 Chicago Cubs

CHC RBIs: José Hernández; Henry Rodríguez

Pitching CHC: Kerry Wood (W - complete game)

Pitching HOU: Shane Reynolds (L)

Kerry Lee Wood - American baseball pitcher, played 14 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Chicago Cubs, Cleveland Indians, and New York Yankees. Wood first came to prominence as a 20-year-old rookie, when he recorded 20 strikeouts in a one-hit shutout against the Houston Astros. The game also made Wood the co-holder of the MLB record for strikeouts in a single game (20) and earned Wood the nickname "Kid K". He was later named the 1998 National League Rookie of the Year.

Brooklyn Dodgers - First televised game

1988-Aug-26 Brooklyn NY

49th anniversary of the first professionla baseball game to be televised. Red Barber provided the play-by-play

 

Professional Baseball Centennial - 1969

1969-Sep-24 Cincinnati OH

Lengendsbygone #/25 on reverse flap

 

American Icons - 2026

2026-June-09 New York NY

The U.S. Postal Service today honored the nation’s 250th anniversary with American Icons, a collection of 13 commemorative stamps curated by legendary American designer Ralph Lauren. The stamp pane features 13 photographs selected from Ralph Lauren’s archive and from visuals that have inspired him. The images reflect the unique fabric of the nation, representing freedom, independence, equality, opportunity and the pursuit of happiness.

Barbara Bush - First Pitch

2025-Jun-10 Kennebunkport ME

Barbara Bush (1925 – 2018) was the first lady of the United States from 1989 to 1993, as the wife of George H. W. Bush, the 41st president of the United States. 

April 1989, George W Bush (Barbara's son) arranged for a group of investors to purchase a controlling interest of Major League Baseball's Texas Rangers for $89 million and invested $500,000 himself to start. He then was managing general partner for five years. 

Paul Molitor : 1978-1998

1996-Sep-16 Kansas City MO

Milwaukee Brewers (1978–1992) Toronto Blue Jays (1993–1995) Minnesota Twins (1996–1998)

Career highlights and awards:

7× All-Star (1980, 1985, 1988, 1991–1994)

World Series champion (1993)

World Series MVP (1993)

4× Silver Slugger Award (1987, 1988, 1993, 1996)

AL Manager of the Year (2017)

Milwaukee Brewers No. 4 retired

Milwaukee Brewers Wall of Honor

American Family Field Walk of Fame

Major League Baseball All-Time Team