Semi-Pro Baseball - front office

Dec 26, 1937 Carnegie, pa

Semi-Pro Baseball - Office of the Commissioner Honus Wagner

Honus Wagner (1874-1955) played from 1897-1917 Louisville Colonels and Pittsburgh PiratesElected to Baseball hall of Fame - 1936 (2nd highest votes after Ty Cob)

Pirates retired #33 - 1956

After his professional playing day were over, Wagner continued to play and manage semi-pro clubs

portion of the Semi-Pro letterhead

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

Pinch hit - US Flag :: America's Pastime

Jan 29, 2016 Washington DC

first day of issue for the US Flag Stamp. The stamp was issued nationwide on Jan 29, therefore postmarked could have been obtained from any post office in the US.

The image for the stamp was taken from a photo by Emmanuel Faure, designed by Greg Breeding

Collins chose to honor America's Pastime by featuring baseball greats: Honus Wagner, Cy Young and Ty Cobb on this issue

Roberto Clemente Statue Dedication - 1994

July 8, 1994

Roberto Clemente statue dedication at PNC Field, Pittsburgh

Karoline's Cachets #/25

1994 the Pittsburgh Pirates honored Roberto Clemente with a statue

overhead schematic of the Clemente statue from the dedication program

Honus Wagner bronze statue by Frank Vittor, created to honor former Pittsburgh Pirates shortstop. Originally dedicated April 30, 1955 at Schenley Park, the statue was relocated in 1972 to Three Rivers Stadium and then relocated to PNC Park

Postaco - 1915

 Alexander - Philadelphia Phillies

 Baker - Philadelphia Athletics

 Cobb - Detroit Tigers

 Cocreham - Boston Braves

 Gaudy - Boston Braves

 James - Boston Braves

 Mack - Philadelphia Athletics

Maryville - Boston Braves

 Mathewson - New York Giants

 McBride - Washington Senators

 Palmero - New York Giants

 Merritt - New York Giants

 Rudolph - Boston Braves

 Schmidt - Boston Braves

 Sweeney - New York Yankees

Wagner - Pittsburgh Pirates

1915 Postaco Stamps featured stars of the time. the image features a portrait sketch of the player with a red or yellow background. An uncut sheet sold at auction (2011) for over $2,000. The set has a total of 36 stamps with many hall of famers and measure 1 3/4 x 2 1/8". Under the player name is his position. at the bottom of the stamp is a copyright mark and the name Postaco.

The issues are scare even though an entire sheet had been located. On the graded sites fewer than 100 examples of the entire set have been graded. Of course as with stamps or baseball cards condition and centering effect the value

A poster stamp, cinderella stamp, was used as an advertising label or commemorative that is usually lager than most postage stamps. These stamps appeared in the mid-19th century and quickly became a collecting craze, declining in popularity after World War II. Not valid for postage these were often placed on envelopes to accompany the actual postage. The above images are for reference purposes and some have been cleaned up to show a better image. Postaco stamps can be found on many auction sites or on eBay.

still looking for images:

1. Jimmy Archer
2. Chief Bender
3. George Burns
4. Ensign Cottrell
5. Josh Devore
6. Johnny Evers
7. Max Flack
8. Roy Hartzell
9. Claude Ray Hendrix
10. Walter Johnson
11. Nap Lajoie
12. Hans Lobert
13. Sherry Magee
14. John McGraw
15. M. McHale
16. Fred Merkle
17. Jack Miller
18. George Stallings
19. Joe Tinker

Pre-War Cards
PSA Cards

Pittsburgh Pirates

1971-April-06 Pittsburgh, Pa - Opening Day Three Rivers Stadium

Philadelphia Phillies  4 - 2  Pittsburgh Pirates

  Dock Ellis pitched the complete game victory, Chris Short took the loss

Pirates RBI: Dock Ellis, Richie Hebner, Bill Mazeroski

Phillies RBI: Tim McCarver, Larry Bowa

May 2, 1987 Pittsburgh, Pa

Wilkpex `87 commemorative show cover and postmark, honoring the 100th anniversary of the Pittsburgh Pirates

1994-April-08 Opening Day Three rivers Stadium

Colorado Rockies  7 - 3  Pittsburgh Pirates 

April 26, 1995 - Opening Day Three rivers Stadium

Montreal Expos  6 - 2  Pittsburgh Pirates

1994-July-08 Pittsburgh, Pa

Roberto Clemente Statue Dedication at Three Rivers Stadium. A previous statue had been dedicated to Honus Wagner in 1955. Both statues were moved to PNC Park in 2001

Clemente

Wagner

Meter Cancels were used on bulk mailings sent out by the various ball clubs. A few examples used by the Pirates:

1986 Groups Have More Fun - ticket promotion

 1982 Back-to-school Night sponsored by Rax 

1984 Helmet Weekend sponsored by Heinz

1985 Budweiser Old Timers Night

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