Legends of Baseball : All-Century Team - 2000

Artcraft cachet

Legends of Baseball : All-Century Team - 2000

Artcraft - Washington Press

One of the very first Artcraft cachets was for the Baseball Centennial stamp issued in 1939. This classic cachet was reprinted from the original engraving plates for a limited edition set of the Legends of Baseball Stamps. Each cover was franked with a single stamp from the 2000 Legends set in combination with a 3c 1939 Baseball Stamp

Softball - 1995 Recreational Sports

USPS Commemorative Panel

USPS Souvenir sheet

Art craft

Postal Commemorative Society

Postal Commemorative Society - Gold Replica

Bevil cachet #/125

CCC

House of Farnum

Artmaster

These stamps showcase five recreational sports played by millions from the serious competitor to the amateur. 

Softball was invented in 1887 in Chicago, credited to George Hancock, to be played as an indoor variation of baseball. The ball used was softer than a baseball. A tournament held at the 1933 Chicago World's Fair spurred interest in the game. The Amateur Softball Association of America would be founded in the same year.

Softball today played with variation of Fast-pitch, slow-pitch and modified has gone beyond the realm of just being a recreational sport. Softball made it's Olympic debut in 1996 Atlanta.

Softball is played in over 100 countries around the world. The European Softball Federation was formed in 1976

Celebrate the Century - World Series Rivals

 Ginsburg cachet

 Artcraft

 Colorano Silk

Ginsburg

 Dynamite

 Hobby Link

House of Farnum with Shaky add-on

1950s Celebrate the Century - - 1999-May-26 Springfield MA

Celebrate the Century - Jackie Robinson

Artcraft

 BCG

 Fleetwood

 Frankiewicz

 Juvelar

 Panda

RKA

CL cachets

House of Franum

Celebrate the Century - Babe Ruth

 Neal Faircloth #/39

 RKA

 Rags

 unknown

 Artcraft

 Heritage

Dragon Cards

Juevelar cachet

Baseball Sluggers - 2006

July 25, 2006, Bronx, NY - The US Postal Service issued the 39c Baseball Sluggers commemorative stamps in four designs, in a pane of 20 stamps.

The stamps recognized four men who were power hitters who wowed fans with awesome and often record breaking runs. They were Also versatile players who helped lead their teams to victory and set impressive standards for subsequent generations.
Lonnie Busch of Franklin, North Carolina based his illustrations on historic photographs, simplifying and adapting the portraits to resemble old-fashioned baseball trading cards. The designer was Phil Jordan, Falls Church, Va. using illustrations by Lonnie Busch, Franklin, North Carolina, which are based on historic photographs and adapting the portraits to resemble old-fashioned baseball cards.
USPS release

USPS cachet, with insert issued with first day cover

18,000 cover distributed at Yankee Stadium on July 15

Summer Anne Burton hand drawn Mickey Mantle cachet
Every Hall of Famer, Burton takes on the task of drawing every Hall of Famer in chronological order

Artcraft with pictorial postmark

digital color postmark

2006 Sluggers Commemorative Postmarks

Tuscon Sidewinders

Milwaukee Brewers