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