Baseball Cards

Over the years several of the card manufacturers have included stamps as part of their card sets, in the capacity of an insert or chase card.. Limited production. Often these cards may be found with associated jersey swatches or autographs. Most of the baseball related cards will have a baseball stamps, however other cards will have a player related subject instead of a baseball stamp...

2005 Leaf Century Collection

2005 Donruss Signature series, produced with either baseball issue

2010 Panini Century Collection

2011 Topps Gypsy Queen

2014 Topps Heritage

 2015 Topps birth year coin and stamp

2015 Topps Heritage

 2016 Topps Update 500 HR Club

2016 Topps

2017 Topps Heritage

Don Mattingly

September 30, 1984 New York, NY

Mattingly wins Batting Title with .343 average

November 20, 1985 New York, NY

American League MVP

October 5, 1986 Boston, Ma - Fenway Park

July 19, 1987 New York, NY

Gold Glove presentation for 1986 season

July 18, 1987 Arlington, Texas - Arlington Stadium

8 consecutive games with a home run

September 29, 1987 New York, NY

Records 6-Grand Slams in a single season

Dec 7, 1988 New York, NY

Voted his 4th consecutive Gold Glove Award

Don Mattingly spent his entire 14-year career with the New York Yankees, earning the nicknames "Donnie Baseball" and "The Hit Man"

6-time All-Star (1984-1989)

AL MVP (1985)

9-time Gold Glove Award (1985-1989, 1991-1994)

3-time Silver Slugger Award (1985-1987

AL Batting Champion (1984)

AL RBI Leader (1985)

New York Yankees retired his #23 - 1997-August-31

Hideki Nakano Local Post

Hideki Nakano was a philatelic cover artist, his creative pieces were started around 1983. His production run was usually around 40 pieces and included his own local post stamp and postmark in conjunction with official postage and postmarks. The covers were humorous in nature. Nakano  lived in the Detroit area, so his covers show is love of the Detroit Tigers, especially during the 1984 World Series.

A local post is defined as a mail service that operates within a limited geographical area. Currently local posts are more commemorative as well as functional in some locations.

Kansas City Royals

April 8, 1969 Kansas City, Mo  UPCS cachet

The Royals played their inaugural game at Municipal Stadium against the Minnesota Twins, taking the victory 4-3.

The winning pitcher was Moe Drabowsky, who pitched in the ninth as the Royals scored the winning run in the bottom of the ninth.

The Royals RBIs came from Jerry Adair, Lou Piniella, Joe Keogh and Jim Campania.

Joe Grenada took the loss for the Twins, who received RBIs from Harmon Killebrew, Graig Nettles and Rich Reese. Graig Nettles homered for the Twins

1968

Super Summer logo - 1977 meter cancel

Catch Royalmania - 1978 meter cancel

April 7, 1998 Opening Day
The Royals opened up at home after going 3-4 on the road against the Baltimore Orioles
The Orioles started their season at 6-1, continued to dominate defeating the Royals 11-7.
Scott Ericsson earned the victory for the Orioles, while Glendon Rusch took the loss.
Orioles runs came from RBIs by Joe Cater (4), Eric Davis (3), Rafael Palmer (2), Lenny Webster and Jeffrey Hammonds.
HomeRuns from Lenny Webster and Eric Davis
Royals RBIs came from Jeff King (3), Jose Offerman (2), Dean Palmer and Johnny Damon
Home Runs from Jeff King and Dean Palmer

2015

Bernie Williams

October 22, 1997 New York, NY

Bernie Williams Gold Glove

September 27, 1998

Batting Title

Bernie Williams played 16 seasons in the Major Leagues, all with the New York Yankees, from 1991-2006.  He was a member of four World Series teams, finishing his career with a .297 BA, 1,257 RBI, 287 doubles.

Williams won 4-Gold Gloves (1997-2000), a Silver Slugger (2002) and the American League Championship Series MVP (1996) and was a 5-time All-Star

The Yankees retired Williams jersey #51 May 2015.

Inside the Park - Somerset Patriots

Another visit to the local Somerset Patriots:

 MLB passport cancel had not been updated from Jul 11.

Signed by pitcher Amalio Diaz #38, coach Marty Janzen #36 (Toronto Blue Jays)

pitcher Matt Soren #35

Jul 12, 2015 Somerset Patriots, Bridgewater, NJ

The Long Island Ducks defeated the Patriots 7-2

Florida/Miami Marlins

July 21, 1993 Ft Lauderdale, Fla (inaugural season)

Florida Marlins business envelope with beautiful graphics and a meter cancel

on the day rookie Pat Rapp singled home 2-runs and pitched six innings for his first major league victory as the Marlins defeated the Colorado Rockies 6-4.

Marlins rookie Jeff Conine had a single in the fifth, making him the first Marlin to reach 100 hits

April 5, 1993 Miami, Fl - Opening Day - Inaugural Game

The Miami Marlins defeat the Los Angeles Dodgers 6-3

Bret Barberie records the first Marlins' hit. Barberie would get 2 hits in 4 at-bats in the game

Marlins RBI: Walt Weiss (2), Scott Pose, Benito Santiago

Winning Pitcher: Charlie Hough

Dodgers RBI: Jody Reed, Jose Offerman, Tim Wallach

Dodger HR: Tim Wallach

Losing Pitcher: Orel Hershiser

October 26, 1997 Miami, Florida

Marlins Win the World Series

The Marlins finished the 1997 season with a record of 92-70 to come in 2nd in the NL East earning the NL Wild Card berth. The Marlins would defeat the San Francisco Giants and then the Atlanta Braves for the NL Championship.

The Marlins would go on to defeat the Cleveland Indians 4 games to 3 for the World Championship title...

April 3, 1998 Ft Lauderdale, Fl - Metroexpo station

Commemorating the 1997 Championship

April 3, the Marlins were already 1-3, before losing their fourth game of the season to the Milwaukee Brewers 7-1, behind 3 home runs from Jose Valentin

The Florida Marlins would finish the 1998 season 5th in the NL East with a record of 58-104...

2005 - New Hampshire Fisher Cats

April 3, 2005

Hooksett, New Hampshire

The New Hampshire Fisher Cats, are based in Manchester, New Hampshire. The team plays in the Eastern League, Double-A baseball..

The team originated as the New Haven Ravens, and were sold in 2003 to Drew Weber owner of the Lowell Spiners. The team was moved to New Hampshire in 2004, playing in Gill Stadium. In 2005 the team moved to the  Fisher Cats Ballpark (later named Merchantsauto.com Stadium and then Northeast Delta Dental Stadium).