Unofficial cancelations:
A-285 - 855-84
June 12, 1939 Ballston Spa, NY
Credited to Carl S Wooley and Carleton Stewart/Saratogian
An article in the newspaper from Saratoga Springs, NY, The Saratogian, stated that H. Carleton Stewart was chairman and Carl S. Wooley was a member of a committee to produce a first day cover for the baseball centennial. The Saratogian, which did commercial printing was most likely the printer of the commemorative envelope. The photo was taken by Wooley, a photographer by trade. Ballston Spa was the birthplace of General Abner Doubleday, and the photo is of his house in Ballston Spa.
More than 150 covers were mailed from Cooperstown and 1,584 mailed from Ballston Spa. Requests for covers came from 26 states, 4 foreign countries, Washington DC and Alaska (which did not become a state until 1959). 22 covers were sent by airmail, and the remainder by regular mail.
The Ballston Spa Baseball FDCs, Norman M. Fox First Days Journal
A-279 - 855-77
St Bonaventure second day cancel, June 13, 1939, St Bonaventure, NY
Baseball...Stamps...Autographs, Elten F Schiller, Hentzell Publications, San Diego 1982 (A-#)
Plant's Encyclopedia of Cacheted F.D.C.s, Vol IX, Mike Mellone, FDC Publishing Co, Stewartsville, NJ 1983 (p855-#)
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