In April 1994, Tom DeLuca obtained permission and made arrangements with Mercer County for the creation of two HTPS sponsored covers. Member John Ranto designed the cachets – one honoring the opening of Waterfront Park and the other commemorating the first Trenton Thunder game in the stadium as a Detroit Tigers affiliate. A special cancel was applied by the USPS resulting in a unique piece of postal history.
This was such a success, that John Ranto, on his own, used the 1994 opening day cachets to celebrate the Trenton Thunder's 1995 opening day as a new Boston Red Sox affiliate. John was helped in this effort by Sherman Britton. Over 500 event covers were created.
John again used the 1994 cachet design in commemorating the 1996 Double-A All Star baseball game which was held at Waterfront Park (the home of the Trenton Thunder). The USPS-applied "Trenton Thunder Logo" cancel tied the cachet to the first all-star game held in New Jersey. This is another nice example of a HTPS member creating a piece of philatelic history.
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