2019 - Vancouver Asahi - Canada Post

Formed in 1914, during a time of overt racism, the Vancouver Asahi, an amateur Japanese-Canadian baseball team, whose name means "morning sun", thrilled fans and outwitted competitors with a unique strategy of bunts, base sterling, speed and squeeze plays that the media dubbed "brain ball".

The Asahi became on of the city's dominant amateur teams between 1919 - 1941. The team was forced to disband after Canada entered the War with Japan, and interned more than 20,000 Japanese living on the west coast, even though they were citizens

The Asahi earned their place in the BC Sports Hall of Fame and Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame

The stamp was designed by Vancouver's Subplot Design, Inc, and features the 1940 team photo

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