St Vincent - Hall of Fame : 1988-1989

December 15, 1988

July 23, 1989

First day covers for the St Vincent Baseball Hall of Fame series are seen with one of 2 different postmarks

St Vincent and the Grenadines, former British colony in the Winward Islands, has produced stamps since 1861. these featured the British monarchs head or the ER Mongram and crown until 1970. Stamps were then printed with "St. Vincent" until 1992 when stamps began carrying the "St. Vincent and the Grenadines" title

Since 1988 the country has been client of the Inter-Governmental Philatelic Corporation (IGPC), which has been criticized for inappropriate (stamp subjects not related to the country) and excessive issues. The IGPC represents over 70 different countries

Hall of Fame - 1980: Kaline, Snider, Klein, Yawkey

Elections to the Baseball Hall of Fame - 1980

Al Kaline - Detroit Tigers 1953-1974

• 18-time All-Star 
• 10-time Gold Glove Award
• American League Batting Champion (1955)
• Roberto Clemente Award (1955)
• Tigers Jersey No.6 Retired (1980)

Duke Snider - Brooklyn/Los Angeles Dodgers (1947-1962), New York Mets (1963) San Francisco Giants (1964)

• 8-time All-Star
• National League Home Run Leader (1956)
• National League RBI Leader (1955)
• Los Angeles Dodgers Jersey No.4 Retired (1980)

Chuck Klein - Philadelphia Phillies (1928-1933, 1936-1939, 1940-1944) Chicago Cubs (1934-1936) Pittsburgh Pirates (1939)

• 2-time All-Star (1933, 1934)
• National League MVP (1932)
• Triple Crown (1933)
• National League Batting Champion (1933)
• 4-time National League Home Run Leader (1929, 1931-1933)
• 2-time National League RBI Leader (1931, 1933)
• National League Stolen Base Leader (1932)
• Hit 4-home runs in one game July 19, 1936
• Philadelphia Phillies Jersey retired (2001)
• Philadelphia Phillies Wall of Fame (1980)

Tom Yawkey - owner Boston Red Sox

Baseball's Legendary Playing Fields - 2001

 

2001-Jun-27 Chicago IL, New York NY, Detroit MI

PMW cachets

Roberto Clemente - 1984

DBD cachets - Detroit Tigers World Champions '84