Champions of Sport

Manama is a township in the United Arab Emirates, one of two enclaves of the emirate of Ajman.

In 1963, Britain ceded responsibility for the areas postal systems, an American philatelic entrepreneur, Finbar Kenny, saw the opportunity to create a number of editions aimed at the lucrative collector's market and in 1964 concluded a deal with cash-strapped Ajman to produce stamps for the government - - Dunes Stamps - Wikipedia

Baseball Life - a great collection of world-wide baseball stamps

Joe DiMaggio

Joe DiMaggio Day - October 1, 1949 Yankee Stadium - C. George cachet

May 3, 1986 - 50th anniversary Major League Debut

March 8, 1999 - Joe DiMaggio Death cover - Bevil cachet

Photocopy, hand folded death cover, with 56-game hitting streak information on reverse

photo of DiMaggio and Mantle

Joe DiMaggio (Joltin' Joe or The Yankee Clipper) played for the New York Yankees from 1936-1951.
In 1941 DiMaggio achieved a hit in 56 consecutive games

3-time AL MVP (1939, 1941, 1947), 13-time All-star, 361 home runs, .579 slugging percentage, 10 american League pennants, 9 World Series Championships, 2-time AL Batting Champion (1939, 1940), 2-time AL Home run Leader (1937, 1948), 2-time RBI Leader (1941, 1948)

New York Yankees retired jersey #5 - April 18, 1952
Baseball Hall of Fame 1955
Major League Baseball All-Century Team - 1999

His brothers Vince (Boston Bees, Cincinnati Reds, Pittsburgh Pirates, Philadelphia Phillies, New York Giants) and Dom (Boston Red Sox) were also major league center fielders

1984 Sports Memorabilia Show

1969 Ajman Champions of Sport

2014 Republic of Guinea celebrating Joe DiMaggio and Marilyn Monroe