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34c Forbes Field single

Object Details

Description
The Postal Service issued a pane of twenty 34-cent commemorative stamps with ten images of Baseball's Legendary Playing Fields, on June 27, 2001, in the cities where these legendary fields once existed: New York, New York; Boston, Massachusetts; Chicago, Illinois; and Detroit, Michigan. Phil Jordan of Falls Church, Virginia, designed the stamps.
Appearing on the ten stamps are Ebbets Field in Brooklyn, Tiger Stadium in Detroit, Crosley Field in Cincinnati, Yankee Stadium in New York City, Polo Grounds in New York City, Forbes Field in Pittsburgh, Fenway Park in Boston, Comiskey Park in Chicago, Shibe Park in Philadelphia, and Wrigley Field in Chicago. The eleventh field, Sportsman's Park in St. Louis, is featured on the header. Text on the back of each stamp describes the particular baseball field.
Avery Dennison printed 125 million stamps in the gravure process.
Reference:
Postal Bulletin (May 17, 2001).
34-cent
Issued June 27, 2001
multicolored
self-adhesive
Data Source
National Postal Museum
Date
June 27, 2001
Credit line
Copyright United States Postal Service. All rights reserved.
Medium
paper; ink (multicolored); self-adhesive / photogravure
Dimensions
2.5 x 4 cm (1 x 1 9/16 in.)
Type
Postage Stamps
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