Abstract A collection of stamps, First Day Covers, Commemoratives, and cachets from the USA and around the world.

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1 Collection BA MSS 43 Title Abstract A collection of stamps, First Day Covers, Commemoratives, and cachets from the and around the world. Access By appointment during regular business hours, research@baseballhall.org. Provenance Items in this collection were acquired through various donors. Items will be added as they are received. Content List Accession B / sheet of Baseball Centennial stamps, first sold to Commissioner Landis by Postmaster Farley B / Baseball Centennial Envelope and Stamp with 28 autographs (Wagner, Traynor, Waner, Sewell, et al.) envelope signed Ruth, Lajoie B / Baseball Centennial First Day Cover, signed by Connie Mack / Baseball Centennial First Day Cover, signed by Babe Ruth ,a-e 1/ Baseball Centennial First Day Cover B / sheet of 16 Baseball Centennial stamps / East Brookfield 50th anniversary cover with Baseball Centennial stamp / Football Centennial First Day Cover / Baseball Centennial First Day Cover / Baseball Centennial First Day cancellation for Crosley Field Program / First Day cover for US Postal Service stamp / Baseball Centennial sheet of six; 1 loose / sheet of 20 Baseball Centennial stamps / Amateur World Baseball Championship commemorative Nicaragua / Olympic Games commemoratives Nicaragua / stamps commemorating the 4th Central American Games; [found in collection 1-2cent, 1-10cent] / Cooperstown Philatelic Exhibition cover and cancellation (4 items) / special Masonic cancellation of Italian baseball stamps Italy / booklet on Italian baseball stamps Italy / Baseball Centennial block of four, signed by Babe Ruth / sheets (2) of Chinese Little League World Series championship (pitcher motif & hitter motif) Little League World Series 6 stamps Panama China/ Taiwan / HOF 50th anniversary booklet with cancellation a,b 1/ HOF 50th anniversary cover and cancellation B / th Anniversary of Phillies History cachet with special cancellation, 1939, Babe Ruth and Jackie Robinson B / First Day Cover for Babe Ruth Stamp /24 7/6/1983 Official Commemorative Cover, Babe Ruth image and stamp on the envelope B / Babe Ruth first day of issue (Kell, B. Robinson, Alston, Marichal autographs) B / th Anniversary of All Star Game cachet with first day of issue cancellation for Babe Ruth stamp B / Babe Ruth stamp first day of issue cachet 50 th anniversary All-Star game Comiskey Park B / th Anniversary of All Star Game cachet with 1939 Centennial and Jackie Robinson stamp

2 / Babe Ruth stamp first day of issue pamphlet with cancellation / Babe Ruth stamp first day of issue cachet with cancellation; 1 cachet found in collection, no BL # / Babe Ruth stamp first day of issue ceremony sheet / Roberto Clemente stamp First Day of issue pamphlet with stamp and cancellation; Carolina, PR 1/ Roberto Clemente stamp, First Day cover cachet 1984 First Day cover cachet / special Commissioner's cachet and Babe Ruth stamp, no. 1,278 of 2,500 B / induction station cancellation for Willie McCovey / booklet on baseball philately Italy B / collection of 6 New York Yankee cachets B / Ron Santo special cancellation B / Catfish Hunter special cancellation / Anniversary of 150 Years of Canadian Baseball First Day Cover; 2 nd copy in sleeve with pamphlet / Anniversary of 150 Years of Canadian Baseball First Day Cover a,b 1/ Anniversary of 150 Years of Canadian Baseball First Day Cover / Anniversary of 150 Years of Canadian Baseball First Day Cover / Rockford Expos opening day cancellation / Rockford Expos opening day cancellation / Rockford Expos opening day cancellation / block of four Baseball in stamp and philatelic brochure a,b 1/ book "Baseball on United States Postage Stamps, with s and cancellations a,b 1/ book "Legends: Baseball Scrapbook and Stamp Album", without stamps / Lou First Day Cover cachet 1989 Lou Gehrig Official Commemorative Cachet / st Little League Baseball Game cover, with Lou Gehrig stamp and winning pitcher Frank Snipe autograph / Lou with special Mike Schmidt cancellation / Lou with special Schmidt cancellation Information sheet on Schmidt / special cachet for 50th Anniversary of ese Professional Baseball a-d 1/ special Commissioner's cachet and Babe Ruth stamp, nos. 1620, 1720, 1805 and 1962 of 2, a,b 1/ Hall of Fame induction cachet / Baseball Centennial First Day Cover / Olympic Baseball stamp First Day Cover / Olympic Baseball stamp First Day Cover / Rockford Expos opening day cancellations, with Olympic Baseball stamp / Rockford Expos opening day cancellations, with Olympic Baseball stamp / Rockford Expos opening day cancellations, with Lou / Rockford Expos opening day cancellations, with Lou / Rockford Expos opening day cancellations, with Lou / Rockford Expos opening day cancellations, with Lou / Rockford Expos opening day cancellations, with Lou / Hall of Fame induction cachet / full sheet of Olympic baseball stamp / partial sheet of Olympic baseball stamp

3 / Rockford Expos opening day cancellation / Casey at the Bat special cancellation booklet / Casey at the Bat envelope / Casey at the Bat special cancellation cachet / American Legion World Series special cancellation / American Legion World Series special cancellation / American Legion World Series special cancellation / American Legion World Series special cancellation / American Legion World Series special cancellation / Mark McGwire home run celebration cachet / Mark McGwire home run celebration cachet / Roberto Clemente stamp on First Day Cover / sheet of Babe Ruth issue (illegal issue pursuant to Universal Postal Union) Comoros Is / Mark McGwire home run celebration cachet / Mark McGwire home run celebration cachet / Mark McGwire home run celebration cachet / Mark McGwire home run celebration cachet / Mark McGwire home run celebration cachet / Jackie Robinson commemorative sheet Senegal / Lou Gehrig commemorative sheet Niger / sheet of Cal Ripken commemorative stamps Guinea / Lou Gehrig commemorative souvenir sheet Niger / cachet for Trenton Thunders with Olympic Baseball stamp (2 variations) / collection of color photocopies of John Ranto's first day covers / Mighty Casey First Day Cover / cachet for opening day of the Trenton Thunder (2 variations) / special Lou Gehrig cancellation / special cancellation for new Olympic baseball stamp / special Puerto Rican cancellation with Roberto Clemente stamp / photocopies of Clemente, Gehrig, Ruth and Professional Baseball stamp cancellation sheets / special cancellation for new Olympic baseball stamp on Little League Baseball brochure / Postmarked 4 Commemorative Stamp information sheets; Gehrig, Clemente, Ruth, J. Robinson /01 6-cent Professional Baseball stamp; Ruth, Gehrig; Ripken Jr photo / First Day issue re-postmarked / Mark McGwire home run celebration cachet / Baseball Centennial Cover, with 1.5 cent stamp / / sheet of Baseball Mascot stamps for ese Professional Baseball 2000 set of 20 Legends of Baseball stamps on individual First Day Covers / sheet of Legends of Baseball, with cancellation / Youth Baseball First Day Cover / David Cone Perfect Game cachet / Tony Gwynn's 3,000th hit cachet / Wade Boggs #3,000 hit cachet / Mark McGwire #500 home run cachet / souvenir sheet of 1990's celebrate the century stamps 2/ souvenir sheet of 1920 s celebrate the century stamps 2/ souvenir sheet of 1950 s celebrate the century stamps / souvenir sheet of 1900 s celebrate the century stamps / special cancellation of Christy Mathewson stamp / special cancellation of Mathewson, Ruth, Wagner, Cobb and Johnson stamps

4 / special cancellation of Christy Mathewson stamp / special cancellation of Mathewson, Ruth, Wagner, Cobb and Johnson stamps / cachet celebrating 120th Christy Mathewson Anniversary (regular size) / cachet celebrating 120th Christy Mathewson Anniversary (business size) /13 Not accession 2001 sheet of Baseball's Legendary Playing Fields 10 First Day Issue of Fields / Baseball Centennial, Abner Doubleday cover art / Commemorative Set for Ichiro Suzuki's 262 Hit Record in binder / Eastern Championship Game stamps (five stamps) Phillipines / souvenir sheet for 4th Bolivian Games 1961,1971 stamps 2/ special overprint for 15th World Amateur Baseball Championship; 2 stamps in sleeve ,1961 2/ champions of sport set, with 6 baseball stamps 2 nd set found in collection 8 hologram stamps 2/ Jackie Robinson First Day Cover (official LA Dodgers cover, 1973 of 10,000) [1972 of 10,000 found in collection] / Arch Ward cachets on Babe Ruth stamp First Day covers / Babe Ruth stamp first day of issue on HOF plaque card / / / cachet and cancellation for the International Baseball Cup in Antwerp 1983 collection of four special cancellation with Jackie Robinson stamp 1983 set of two cachets with Babe Ruth stamp and special cancellations Colombia Costa Rica Ajman Belgium / set of two special cancellations with Babe Ruth stamps / th Annual Sports Collectors Convention postcard cancellations (5 items) / / / / / collection of four baseball postcards with special cancellations 1984 collection of four first Olympic baseball team envelopes with special cancellation 2/ commemorative stamp for 12th Central American Games 1969,1974,1982 stamps 1986 Last Subway Series cachet with Jackie Robinson stamp and Clem Labine autograph 1987 special cancellation for St. Louis World Championship (two envelopes) 1987 special cancellation on Bud Fowler cachet with Jackie Robinson and Professional Baseball stamp / Richie Ashburn cachet with Pop Warner stamp / / / / set of 9 sheets of stamps commemorating major league ballplayers 1989 collection of five First Day Cover cachets for Lou Gehrig stamp 1999 special cachet cancellations (two) of Connie Mack and Shibe Park 2001 special cancellation of Baseball Hall of Fame stamp exhibit / five sheets of 25 Baseball Centennial stamps / / /42 Cuba Grenada 1939 Baseball Centennial block of four First Day Covers (five) 1939 Baseball Centennial block of four First Day Covers (one) 2002 Walter Johnson cancellation with Comiskey Park stamp / Iver Adams cachet with first class stamp / Olympic stamps (rifle shooter and softball player) 5 stamps / special cancellation for European Baseball Italy Championships / special cancellation for Olympic baseball and softball Italy

5 / / special cancellation for European Baseball Championships 1974 philatelic booklet on the 50th Anniversary of Mexican League Baseball / Baseball Centennial cachet Italy / special cancellation folio of Baseball in issue / / / block of four 75th Anniversary of Mexican Leagues First Day Cover cachet 1999 block of four 75th Anniversary of Mexican Leagues First Day folio 2005 custom specialty stamp featuring baseball penguin, cancelled on postcard / Baseball Centennial First Day Cover, autographed by Farley, Postmaster / Baseball Centennial First Day Cover, autographed by Landis, Frick and Harridge / Sheet of "Baseball Sluggers" stamps / First Day Mickey Mantle stamps / First Day covers "Baseball Sluggers" / First Day covers "Baseball Sluggers" B / Sheet of "Professional Baseball" / First Day Cover; 1939 induction photo; Cobb letter / Atlanta Centennial Olympic Games. 1 sheet /02 9/06/1995 Cal breaks Lou s record /03 8/05/2007 Fans Forever Milwaukee Brewers /04 7/31/1989 HOF of Professional Baseball of commemorative stamp /05 Baseball Stamp cards, Cubs Sandberg, Banks Grenada / HOF Induction cachet / Lou Gehrig commemorative souvenir sheet Niger / Jackie Robinson commemorative sheet Senegal / Jackie Robinson commemorative sheet Senegal / stamps; stamp D.R / commemorative stamp; 1982 first day issue World Baseball Championships Korea /11 1 stamp Liberia / First Day cover Los Angeles Olympics Maldives /13 5 stamps Netherlands Antilles / , stamps Nicaragua / stamps Baseball Friendship and Ras Al Khaima /16 1 stamp Romania / stamps San Marino /18 10 stamps Venezuela / First Day issue, stamped, Centennial logo / , July 15 Baseball Sluggers First Day Issue / , July 15 Baseball Sluggers First Day Issue Bronx, NY /21 Ichiro All-Star Game 2007 MVP /22 Matsuzaka 2007 Champions, Boston Red Sox 3/23 Iroquois Indian Museum Station, Louis Sockalexis ,2 3/24 Take me out to the ball game First day issue, poster ,2 3/ First World Series negative image with USPS kit /26 July 20, 2012 First Day Cover of Mickey Cochrane and Dizzy Dean stamps, featuring Pat Gillick First Eagle Scout cachet and is inscribed by Pat Gillick /27 Cachet cover of Boston Red Sox World Series Champions, 2004, postmarked 10/27/2004, St. Louis, MO /27 Cachet cover of Boston Red Sox World Series Champions, 2004, postmarked 10/27/2004, Boston, MA /28 Set of four baseball themed postcards with US baseball

6 stamps honoring Mel Ott, Roy Campanella, Hank Greenberg and Mickey Mantle issued in /29 April 14, 1942 First Day Cover Mel Ott s first year as NY Giants manager; signed by Ott / Beijing Olympic Games signed by baseball team / First Day Issue Take me out to the Ballgame / Home Run Hitters /04 (4) Cachets featuring the Take me out to the ballgame stamp Not accessioned 4/05 July 24, Thanks for the memories Shea Stadium Not accessioned 4/06 First day issue 25 years Blue Jays /06 Booklet of 8 stamps commemorating Toronto Blue Jays 25 th Anniversary B B /07 World Exposition 70 souvenir sheet B a,b 4/08 Commemorating 100 birthday Joseph Pulitzer, First Day Issue 100 th anniversary US postage stamp B /09 First Day Issue, Douglas MacArthur 4/ First Day of Issue, Yankee Stadium, Babe Ruth /11 July 16, 2008 First Day Issue, Take Me Out to the Ball Game /12 October 31, 2009 Commemorative envelope for the 2009 World Series 4/13 Feb. 6, 1983 Babe Ruth Stamp Unveiling / Negro Leagues baseball stamps (full sheet) 2- stamps /15 Commemorative postal cancellation Take Me Out To The Ballgame 8/21/2008, Lake Katrine, NY /16 Ichiro Suzuki post card and stamp set commemorating his nine consecutive 200-hit seasons /17 Hideki Matsui postcard and stamp set-2009 World Series MVP /18 Collection of four postage stamps featuring Yankees W.S. victories (1921 & 1996) /19 First Day Cover 2010 Negro Leagues baseball stamp, 07/15/2010 in Kansas City, MO /20 Induction Day cachet Dennis Lee Eckersley, 7/25/ /20 Dennis Eckersley 1990 American League Playoff cachet, 10/10/1990, Oakland, CA /21 First day issue cachets for Negro Leagues baseball stamp, July 15, 2010, Kansas City, MO /22 Sadaharu Oh 50 year in baseball commemorative stamp issue (in decorative folder) /23 75 Anniversary of 1 st HOF election, January 29, / Central American Caribbean Games (2 sheets of four stamps) Nicaragua / Fergie Jenkins commemorative book of stamps /02 First day cover for stamp honoring Fergie Jenkins, 2/1/ /03 First day cover program for Fergie Jenkins postage stamp, includes first day cover, book of stamps with Jenkins autograph in signed cachet /04 Cachet commemorating the 100 th anniversary of the first game in Phillies history with Jackie Robinson stamp; postcard celebrating the above event; and Spook Jacobs special issue with autograph / World Series special souvenir folder containing first day covers for games 1-5 of the 1983 W.S. between the Baltimore Orioles and Philadelphia Phillies / New York Yankees poster stamps book 5/07 April 27, 1996 Rogers Hornsby Centennial /08 June 12, 1939 First Day Cover signed by Walter Johnson /09 July 21, 2012 First Day Cover featuring Joe DiMaggio stamp /09 July 21, 2012 First Day Cover featuring Larry Doby stamp /09 July 21, 2012 First Day Cover featuring Willie Stargell stamp /09 July 21, 2012 First Day Cover featuring Ted Williams stamp

7 /09 Negro Leagues Baseball stamp featuring Rube Foster /09 Set of four forever stamps featuring Willie Stargell, Joe DiMaggio, Ted Williams, and Larry Doby /09 Sheet of 10 stamps featuring ball parks B / Helmar stamps, alpha by team, player B / Helmar stamps B / Helmar stamps / /12 First day issue program for Lou Gehrig postage stamp, 6/10/1989 Roberto Clemente Dedication Ceremony Portfolio,12/21/2003 PR /13 Negro Leagues Baseball (Limited Edition) Folio, /14 Negro Leagues Baseball Commemorative Packet, /15 (3) Baseball Sluggers First Day Covers, 7/15/ /16 First Day Cover Brooks Robinson Induction Day, July 31, Have Babe Ruth stamp on it /17 First Day Cover honoring Bill Morrissey, engraving pressman, 6/19/1998. Bill Morrissey provided artwork for many of the first day covers / th Anniversary Los Angeles Dodgers Commemorative & Team Photo, /02 First Day Issue, Babe Ruth, The Roaring Twenties, May 28, / All-Century Team, Babe Ruth, July 6, / Home Opener, April 15, 1985, San Diego Padres vs San Francisco Giants, two Roberto Clemente stamps on card /04 First day cover, Jackie Robinson stamp, 8/2/1982. Envelope features the Jackie Robinson stamp along with the Brooklyn Bum /05 First day cover featuring artwork by Kathryn Andrews Hartwig and the Babe Ruth stamp, 7/6/ Oversize B b ovr/ Baseball Centennial First Day cover, single and block of four (oversize) ovr/ sheet of Professional Baseball commemorative in special binder B ovr/ Bowie Kuhn presentation card with special baseball stamp cancellation (limited edition 31 of 500) ovr/ letter concerning Olympic Baseball stamp ovr/ Saturday Evening Post article on Casey at the Bat, with special cancellation ovr/ Jackie Robinson First Day Cover Reader's Digest edition commemorative ovr/ Babe Ruth First Day Cover Reader's Digest edition commemorative ovr/ ovr/ cachet of All-Star Game stamps, autographed by Wade Boggs and Eric Davis 1987 cachet of All-Star Game stamps, autographed by Wade Boggs and Eric Davis Grenada Grenada Box A Research Files Folder 1 Folder 2 Folder 3 Folder 4 General information Spook Jacobs Collection 1939 Centennial Issue 1969 Centennial Issue