Hall of Fame - 1979: Mays, Wilson, Giles

 Aug 5, 1979 Induction - National Baseball Hall of Fame

Cooperstown, NY

Willie Mays

New York/San Francisco Giants (1951-1952, 1954-1972)

New York Mets (1972-1973)

Hack Wilson

New York Giants (1923-1925) - - Chicago Cubs (1926-1931)

Brooklyn Dodgers (1932-1934) - - Philadelphia Phillies (1934)

Warren Giles

President, GM - Cincinnati Reds (1937-1951)

National League President (1951-1969)

All-Star Game - 1968 Houston

July 9, 1998 Houston, Tx

30th Anniversary

American League  0-1  National League

MVP - Willie Mays (SFG)

The American League was limited to three hits, unable to get a rally going against Don Drysdale, Juan Marichal, Steve Carlton and Tom Seaver, all future Hall of Famers

A first-inning run scored by Willie Mays on a single, an errant pickoff attempt, a wild pitch by Luis Tiant and a double-play ball gave the winning National league the only run they would need

 

St Vincent - MLB Award Winners : 1989

July 23, 1989

1988 - Major League Baseball Award Winners

Past Award Winners:

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 

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

Baseball Card Show : Brooklyn NY

Feb 11, 1984 Brooklyn NY

Duke Snider -Brooklyn Dodgers

Oct 28, 1984 New York - Brooklyn Card show

Reggie Jackson - California Angels & New York Yankees

Mar 23, 1985 Brooklyn, NY

Willie Mays and Willie McCovey - 500HR Club - NY/SF Giants

Willie Mays - Say Hey Kid

Aug 20, 1983 Jersey Retirement

Sep 29, 1984 - commemorative cover for the 30th anniversary of the "catch" during the 1954 World Series between the SF Giants and the Cleveland Indians

Feb 14 1985 re-instated into baseball

1979 Mays signed as an Ambassador for an Atlantic City, NJ casino. Commissioner Bowie Kuhn thought that high profile former players hanging out with gamblers was bad for baseball. Kuhn banned Mays and Mickey Mantle, who signed with a casino in 1983, from the game. both had been paid coaches for spring training. Peter Uberroth took over the position as Commissioner in 1985 and looked into the case. He felt that since both players were only attending casino sponsored golf outings and not gambling events, he re-instated both players

Willie Mays joined the Birmingham Barons of the Negro American League at age 16. The New York Giants purchased his contract in 1950, and made his debut May 25, 1951. He would win Rookie of the Year honors. He would play 21 seasons with the Giants, interrupted by a 2-year stint in the Army.

1972 he moved from San Francisco back to New York to play for the Mets until his retirement in 1973.

• 24-time All-Star (1954-1973)
• World Series Champion (1954)
• 2-time NL MVP (1954, 1955)
• 12-time Gold Glove Award (1957-1968)
• NL Batting Champion (1954)
• 4-time home run leader (1955, 1962, 1964, 1965)
• 4-time stolen base leader (1956-1959)
• Roberto Clemente Award 1971

The Giants retired #24 May 12, 1972

Inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame 1979

Named to the Major League Baseball All-Century Team, chosen by fans in 1999

Career batting average .302 (hit over .300 10-times)

660 career home runs

338 stolen bases

additionally Mays has been honored on stamps from:

 Granada - 1988

 St Vincent - 1989

Ras Al Khama (member of the United Arab Emirates)

New York Giants - World Series 30th Anniversary

Found this unique 30th Anniversary cover commemorating the New York Giants on an auction website.

September 29, 1954 - Dusty Rhodes of the New York Giants pinch hitting for Monte Irvin homered with Willie Mays and Hank Thompson on base in the 10th inning of the 1st game of the World Series to give the Giants a 5-2 victory. they went on to defeat the Cleveland Indians 4 games to 0. Rhodes got 4 hits in 6 time at bat, drove in 7 runs and hit 2 home runs in the 4 game sweep

the cover is signed by Hoyt Wilhelm, Dusty Rhodes, Willie Mays, Alvin Dark and Don Mueller

Jerusalem Sports and Stamp Club

John Zaso produced a line of silk and hand painted cachets. He started out as a partner of Ray Novak producing the Colorano Silk cachets. After splitting with the Colorano line, Zaso would produce many cachets for sporting events, and other non-first day covers..

These are part of a Jerusalem based series that featured both hand painted and silk cachets. I could not find too much information about these, although all of the Israeli postmark are Christmas themed. All are postmarked between 1979 and 1982.
All of these were internet finds, mostly available on eBay...