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BASEBALL BAT
DATING GUIDE |
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Collecting US Postal Service Baseball Postage
Stamps |
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Abbreviations For
Philatelic
Terminology |
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CAT or CV - Catalog Value
CDS – Circular date stamp.
DCP - Digital Color Postmark
FV
- Face Value
FDC - First Day Cover
HORZ - horizontal
IMPERF - imperforate
MNH - Mint Never Hinged
NDC - No Die Cut
NG - No Gum, unused stamp without gum
SC or Scott - Scott Catalog #
STC - Stated to have a catalogue value
of
PC - Postcard
PERF - Perforation
PNC - Plate Number Coil
PO - Postoffice
PSA – pressure-sensitive adhesive.
RG - Regummed
SA – Self-Adhesive or PSA
USPS
– United States Postal Service.
VERT - vertical
WAG - water activated gum |
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2021 Yogi Berra First Day Covers Postmark Stamp
Cancellation Variations & USPS Postage Stamps |
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- Circa - 2021
- Issuer - USPS
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- Scott Number - 5608
- Face Value- Forever (55¢ each)
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On June 24, 2021, the U.S. Postal
Service issued the Yogi Berra
commemorative stamp dedicated during a
ceremony at the Yogi Berra Museum &
Learning Center in Little Falls, NJ.
Broadcaster Bob Costas served as M.C. of a
star-studded ceremony. The Yogi Berra
forever baseball postage stamp was
printed in panes of 20 (1 design) from
the USPS that honors the Hall of Fame
catcher from the New York Yankees.
Berra is only the 30th baseball player to have his picture on a stamp. A
great majority of those stamps were
part of multiplayer issue. Berra is the
first player since Lou Gehrig in 1989
to receive an issuance all his own. The
only others were the
1982 Jackie
Robinson issue, and
Babe Ruth in 1983.
The stamp art is an original digital
portrait of Berra dressed in his
Yankees cap, pinstripes, and catcher’s
chest protector. Antonio Alcalá was the
project art director and stamp
designer. Charles Chaisson was the
artist. The lettering for “Yogi Berra”
was designed and created by Michael
Doret.
The First Day Cover pictured above has
the official "First Day Issue, Yogi
Berra, MLB All-Star, Little Falls, NJ
07424, Month: June, Day: 24, Year:
2021" ticket stub format postmark stamp
cancellation, used at the Yogi Berra
Museum. A different black ink postmark
stamp cancellation was used at the
Little Falls, NJ post office. (see
below)
Below is the “special” postmark, which other
cities were allowed to use, but not on the first
day, measures. Only the following
guidelines were permitted for pictorial
postmarks for the Yogi Berra stamp: The
word “Station” or the abbreviation
“STA” is required somewhere in the
design because it will be a temporary
station. Use of any image other than
the special pictorial image (featured
on the FDC pictured below) is
prohibited.
Also pictured below is an "uncacheted" First Day Cover issued by the post
office through the mail. (uncacheted -
a cover which has no cachet design)
Some uncacheted covers are used for
"Add-on Cachets" - A cachet that has
been added to a previously uncacheted
first day cover after the first day of
issue. The add-on could be
hand-painted, hand-drawn, computer
printed, rubber stamped, a glued
photograph to name a few methods, and
made in very limited edition, many are
one-of-a-kind. Unfortunately, many
add-ons are not so identified.
Forever Stamps can be used to mail a
one-ounce letter regardless of when the
stamps are purchased or used and no
matter how prices may change in the
future. Forever Stamps are always sold
at the same price as a regular
First-Class Mail stamp.
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2021 Yogi Berra First
Day Covers Postmark Stamp
Cancellation Variations & USPS
Postage Stamps |
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2021
Yogi Berra Forever Stamp
Pane of 20 |
Official Yogi Berra
Museum First Day Cover
"uncacheted" - Issued
by the Post Office |
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"Special" Charlotte NC
Station Pictorial
Postmark First Day Cover |
"Special" Lansing, MI
Station Pictorial
Postmark First Day Cover |
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DJS photo Collages Yogi
Berra Museum Digital
Color Postmark First Day Cover |
Yogi Berra FDC June 24,
2021 Little Falls N.J.
07424 Postmark Stamp
Cancellation |
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Yogi Berra Museum
Digital Color Postmark First Day Cover
"Add-On" Cachhet |
"Special" Lansing, MI
Station Pictorial
Postmark First Day Cover |
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KEYMAN COLLECTIBLES
RELATED RESOURCES |
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