2018, ISBN: 9780195320190

Washington DC: United States Postal Service, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Post Card. Very good. Format is 6 inches by 4.25 inches, color image of the stadium on one sid… Mehr…

Washington DC: United States Postal Service, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Post Card. Very good. Format is 6 inches by 4.25 inches, color image of the stadium on one side. The other side has the canceled color stamp image on the right side. This was canceled in New York City on Jun 27 2001. The stamp image value was twenty-one cents. The left side has a brief text on the Shibe Park over a black and white image. At the bottom, in slightly raised lettering it states Legendary Playing Fields. There is a statement Official First Day of Issue. Below the USPS copyright notice is the statement "Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. There is a logo for Cooperstown Collection. A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark, frequently a pictorial cancellation, indicating the city and date where the item was first issued, and "first day of issue" is often used to refer to this postmark. Postal authorities may hold a first day ceremony to generate publicity for the new issue, with postal officials revealing the stamp, and with connected persons in attendance. The ceremony may also be held in a location that has a special connection with the stamp's subject. The postmark is one of the most important features of a cover. Stamps are canceled by a postmark, which shows they have been used and can't be reused. This is one of a set of vintage postcards of ten famous baseball fields. The art for each of these stamps comes from replicas of vintage postcards! Each post card has a descriptive text on the back. At the time these were issued in 2001, three of the ball fields were still in use.  Yankee Stadium is known as the "House that Ruth Built." It was built in 1922 in the Bronx, the largest stadium at that time, to hold all the fans who wanted to see the New York Yankees and Babe Ruth.  The Chicago Cubs have been playing at Wrigley Field since 1916. It was there during the 1932 World Series that Babe Ruth hit his famous "called shot" home run.  Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park opened April 20, 1912, the same day the newspapers reported the sinking of the Titanic.  The park is known for its tall, green, left-field wall, known as "The Green Monster." Tiger Stadium is the earliest of the structures to have been built, erected in 1896 on the site of a nineteenth-century Detroit hay market. Two Pennsylvania playing fields opened in 1909.    Shibe Park hosted the Philadelphia Athletics first and then the Philadelphia Phillies.  It was one of the first modern steel-and-concrete stadiums. Forbes Field, built for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a huge ball field, boasting the longest plate-to-foul-pole distances in the National League.  When the White Sox's Comiskey Park opened in Chicago in 1910, on top of an old city dump, it was considered the finest baseball facility in the world.  Beginning in 1911, the New York Giants played at the Polo Grounds depicted on the stamp. It was the location for all the games of the first "Subway" World Series in 1921. The Cincinnati Red's Crosley Field, which opened in 1912, hosted major league baseball's first night game in 1935. Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, sported a majestic, eighty-foot marble rotunda and gilded ticket windows and turnstiles.  In 1960, it became the first of these legendary playing fields to be demolished. Shibe Park, known later as Connie Mack Stadium, was a baseball park located in Philadelphia. It was the home of the Philadelphia Athletics of the American League (AL) and the Philadelphia Phillies (also known as the Blue Jays from 1944 to 1949) of the National League (NL). When it opened April 12, 1909, it became baseball's first steel-and-concrete stadium. In different eras it was home to "The $100,000 Infield", "The Whiz Kids", and "The 1964 Phold". The venue's two home teams won both the first and last games at the stadium: the Athletics beat the Boston Red Sox 8-1 on opening day 1909, while the Phillies beat the Montreal Expos 2-1 on October 1, 1970, in the park's final contest. Shibe Park stood on the block bounded by Lehigh Avenue, 20th Street, Somerset Street and 21st Street. The stadium hosted eight World Series and two MLB All-Star Games, in 1943 and 1952, with the latter game holding the distinction of being the only All-Star contest shortened by rain (to five innings). In May 1939, it was the site of the first night game played in the American League. Phillies Hall-of-Fame center fielder and longtime broadcaster Richie Ashburn remembered Shibe Park: "It looked like a ballpark. It smelled like a ballpark. It had a feeling and a heartbeat, a personality that was all baseball., United States Postal Service, 2001, 3, Washington DC: United States Postal Service, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Post Card. Very good. Format is 6 inches by 4.25 inches, color image of fan filled stands and the infield of the stadium on one side. The other side has the canceled color stamp image on the right side. This was canceled in New York City on Jun 27 2001. The stamp image value was twenty-one cents. The left side has a brief text on the Polo Grounds over a black and white image. At the bottom, in slightly raised lettering it states Legendary Playing Fields. There is a statement Official First Day of Issue. Below the USPS copyright notice is the statement "Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. There is a logo for Cooperstown Collection. A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark, frequently a pictorial cancellation, indicating the city and date where the item was first issued, and "first day of issue" is often used to refer to this postmark. Postal authorities may hold a first day ceremony to generate publicity for the new issue, with postal officials revealing the stamp, and with connected persons in attendance. The ceremony may also be held in a location that has a special connection with the stamp's subject. The postmark is one of the most important features of a cover. Stamps are canceled by a postmark, which shows they have been used and can't be reused. This is one of a set of vintage postcards of ten famous baseball fields. The art for each of these stamps comes from replicas of vintage postcards! Each post card has a descriptive text on the back. At the time these were issued in 2001, three of the ball fields were still in use.  Yankee Stadium is known as the "House that Ruth Built." It was built in 1922 in the Bronx, the largest stadium at that time, to hold all the fans who wanted to see the New York Yankees and Babe Ruth. The Chicago Cubs have been playing at Wrigley Field since 1916. It was there during the 1932 World Series that Babe Ruth hit his famous "called shot" home run. Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park opened April 20, 1912, the same day the newspapers reported the sinking of the Titanic. The park is known for its tall, green, left-field wall, known as "The Green Monster." Tiger Stadium is the earliest of the structures to have been built, erected in 1896 on the site of a nineteenth-century Detroit hay market. Two Pennsylvania playing fields opened in 1909.    Shibe Park hosted the Philadelphia Athletics first and then the Philadelphia Phillies. It was one of the first modern steel-and-concrete stadiums. Forbes Field, built for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a huge ball field, boasting the longest plate-to-foul-pole distances in the National League.  When the White Sox's Comiskey Park opened in Chicago in 1910, on top of an old city dump, it was considered the finest baseball facility in the world.  Beginning in 1911, the New York Giants played at the Polo Grounds depicted on the stamp. It was the location for all the games of the first "Subway" World Series in 1921. The Cincinnati Red's Crosley Field, which opened in 1912, hosted major league baseball's first night game in 1935. Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, sported a majestic, eighty-foot marble rotunda and gilded ticket windows and turnstiles. In 1960, it became the first of these legendary playing fields to be demolished. The Polo Grounds was the name of stadiums in Upper Manhattan, New York City, used mainly for professional baseball and American football from 1880 through 1963. The fourth Polo Grounds is the one generally indicated when the Polo Grounds is referenced. It was located in Coogan's Hollow and was noted for its distinctive bathtub shape, very short distances to the left and right field walls, and an unusually deep center field.IThe Giants played in the third and fourth Polo Grounds from 1891 through 1957. The Polo Grounds was also the home field of the New York Yankees from 1913 through 1922 and the New York Mets in their first two seasons in 1962 and 1963. Each of the four versions of the ballpark held at least one World Series. The fourth version also hosted the 1934 and 1942 Major League Baseball All-Star Games., United States Postal Service, 2001, 3, Washington DC: United States Postal Service, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Post Card. Very good. Format is 6 inches by 4.25 inches, color image of fan filled stands and the infield of the stadium on one side. The other side has the canceled color stamp image on the right side. This was canceled in New York City on Jun 27 2001. The stamp image value was twenty-one cents. The left side has a brief text on the Tiger Stadium over a black and white image. At the bottom, in slightly raised lettering it states Legendary Playing Fields. There is a statement Official First Day of Issue. Below the USPS copyright notice is the statement "Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. There is a logo for Cooperstown Collection. A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark, frequently a pictorial cancellation, indicating the city and date where the item was first issued, and "first day of issue" is often used to refer to this postmark. Postal authorities may hold a first day ceremony to generate publicity for the new issue, with postal officials revealing the stamp, and with connected persons in attendance. The ceremony may also be held in a location that has a special connection with the stamp's subject. The postmark is one of the most important features of a cover. Stamps are canceled by a postmark, which shows they have been used and can't be reused. This is one of a set of vintage postcards of ten famous baseball fields. The art for each of these stamps comes from replicas of vintage postcards! Each post card has a descriptive text on the back. At the time these were issued in 2001, three of the ball fields were still in use.  Yankee Stadium is known as the "House that Ruth Built." It was built in 1922 in the Bronx, the largest stadium at that time, to hold all the fans who wanted to see the New York Yankees and Babe Ruth.  The Chicago Cubs have been playing at Wrigley Field since 1916.  It was there during the 1932 World Series that Babe Ruth hit his famous "called shot" home run.  Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park opened April 20, 1912, the same day the newspapers reported the sinking of the Titanic. The park is known for its tall, green, left-field wall, known as "The Green Monster." Tiger Stadium is the earliest of the structures to have been built, erected in 1896 on the site of a nineteenth-century Detroit hay market. Two Pennsylvania playing fields opened in 1909.    Shibe Park hosted the Philadelphia Athletics first and then the Philadelphia Phillies.  It was one of the first modern steel-and-concrete stadiums. Forbes Field, built for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a huge ball field, boasting the longest plate-to-foul-pole distances in the National League.  When the White Sox's Comiskey Park opened in Chicago in 1910, on top of an old city dump, it was considered the finest baseball facility in the world.   Beginning in 1911, the New York Giants played at the Polo Grounds depicted on the stamp.  It was the location for all the games of the first "Subway" World Series in 1921. The Cincinnati Red's Crosley Field, which opened in 1912, hosted major league baseball's first night game in 1935. Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, sported a majestic, eighty-foot marble rotunda and gilded ticket windows and turnstiles. In 1960, it became the first of these legendary playing fields to be demolished. Tiger Stadium, previously known as Navin Field and Briggs Stadium, was a baseball park located in the Corktown neighborhood of Detroit, Michigan. It hosted the Detroit Tigers of Major League Baseball from 1912 to 1999, as well as the Detroit Lions of the National Football League from 1938 to 1974. It was declared a State of Michigan Historic Site in 1975 and has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 1989. The stadium was nicknamed "The Corner" for its location on Michigan Avenue and Trumbull Avenue. The last Tigers game at the stadium was held on September 27, 1999. In the decade after the Tigers vacated the stadium, several rejected redevelopment and preservation efforts finally gave way to demolition. The stadium's demolition was completed on September 21, 2009, though the stadium's actual playing field remains at the corner where the stadium stood. In 2018, the site was redeveloped for youth sports., United States Postal Service, 2001, 3, Washington DC: United States Postal Service, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Post Card. Very good. Format is 6 inches by 4.25 inches, color image of the stadium on one side. The other side has the canceled color stamp image on the right side. This was canceled in New York City on Jun 27 2001. The stamp image value was twenty-one cents. The left side has a brief text on the Forbes Field over a black and white image. At the bottom, in slightly raised lettering it states Legendary Playing Fields. There is a statement Official First Day of Issue. Below the USPS copyright notice is the statement "Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. There is a logo for Cooperstown Collection. A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark, frequently a pictorial cancellation, indicating the city and date where the item was first issued, and "first day of issue" is often used to refer to this postmark. Postal authorities may hold a first day ceremony to generate publicity for the new issue, with postal officials revealing the stamp, and with connected persons in attendance. The ceremony may also be held in a location that has a special connection with the stamp's subject. The postmark is one of the most important features of a cover. Stamps are canceled by a postmark, which shows they have been used and can't be reused. This is one of a set of vintage postcards of ten famous baseball fields. The art for each of these stamps comes from replicas of vintage postcards! Each post card has a descriptive text on the back. At the time these were issued in 2001, three of the ball fields were still in use.  Yankee Stadium is known as the "House that Ruth Built." It was built in 1922 in the Bronx, the largest stadium at that time, to hold all the fans who wanted to see the New York Yankees and Babe Ruth.  The Chicago Cubs have been playing at Wrigley Field since 1916.  It was there during the 1932 World Series that Babe Ruth hit his famous "called shot" home run.  Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park opened April 20, 1912, the same day the newspapers reported the sinking of the Titanic.  The park is known for its tall, green, left-field wall, known as "The Green Monster." Tiger Stadium is the earliest of the structures to have been built, erected in 1896 on the site of a nineteenth-century Detroit hay market. Two Pennsylvania playing fields opened in 1909.    Shibe Park hosted the Philadelphia Athletics first and then the Philadelphia Phillies.  It was one of the first modern steel-and-concrete stadiums. Forbes Field, built for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a huge ball field, boasting the longest plate-to-foul-pole distances in the National League.   When the White Sox's Comiskey Park opened in Chicago in 1910, on top of an old city dump, it was considered the finest baseball facility in the world.   Beginning in 1911, the New York Giants played at the Polo Grounds depicted on the stamp.  It was the location for all the games of the first "Subway" World Series in 1921. The Cincinnati Red's Crosley Field, which opened in 1912, hosted major league baseball's first night game in 1935. Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, sported a majestic, eighty-foot marble rotunda and gilded ticket windows and turnstiles. In 1960, it became the first of these legendary playing fields to be demolished. Forbes Field was a baseball park in the Oakland neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, from 1909 to June 28, 1970. It was the third home of the Pittsburgh Pirates Major League Baseball (MLB) team, and the first home of the Pittsburgh Steelers, the city's National Football League (NFL) franchise. The stadium also served as the home football field for the University of Pittsburgh "Pitt" Panthers from 1909 to 1924. The stadium was named after its adjacent street, Forbes Ave., itself named for British general John Forbes, who fought in the French and Indian War and named the city in 1758. The stadium was made of concrete and steel, the first such stadium in the National League and third in Major League Baseball, in order to increase its lifespan. The Pirates opened Forbes Field on June 30, 1909, against the Chicago Cubs, and played the final game against the Cubs on June 28, 1970. The field itself featured a large playing surface, with the batting cage placed in the deepest part of center field during games. The Pirates won three World Series while at Forbes Field and the other original tenant, the Pittsburgh Panthers football team had five undefeated seasons before moving in 1924. Indeed, it was the late-fifties resurgence of its long-dormant baseball franchise, rather than any intrinsic properties of the stadium itself, that led broadcaster Bob Prince to dub Forbes Field "The House of Thrills" in 1958. Some remnants of the ballpark still stand. Fans gather on the site annually on the anniversary of Bill Mazeroski's World Series winning home run, in what author Jim O'Brien writes is "one of the most unique expressions of a love of the game to be found in a major league city", United States Postal Service, 2001, 3, Washington DC: United States Postal Service, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Post Card. Very good. Format is 6 inches by 4.25 inches, color image of the stadium on one side. The other side has the canceled color stamp image on the right side. This was canceled in New York City on Jun 27 2001. The stamp image value was twenty-one cents. The left side has a brief text on the Ebbets Field over a black and white image. At the bottom, in slightly raised lettering it states Legendary Playing Fields. There is a statement Official First Day of Issue. Below the USPS copyright notice is the statement "Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. There is a logo for Cooperstown Collection. A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark, frequently a pictorial cancellation, indicating the city and date where the item was first issued, and "first day of issue" is often used to refer to this postmark. Postal authorities may hold a first day ceremony to generate publicity for the new issue, with postal officials revealing the stamp, and with connected persons in attendance. The ceremony may also be held in a location that has a special connection with the stamp's subject. The postmark is one of the most important features of a cover. Stamps are canceled by a postmark, which shows they have been used and can't be reused. This is one of a set of vintage postcards of ten famous baseball fields. The art for each of these stamps comes from replicas of vintage postcards! Each post card has a descriptive text on the back. At the time these were issued in 2001, three of the ball fields were still in use.  Yankee Stadium is known as the "House that Ruth Built." It was built in 1922 in the Bronx, the largest stadium at that time, to hold all the fans who wanted to see the New York Yankees and Babe Ruth. The Chicago Cubs have been playing at Wrigley Field since 1916. It was there during the 1932 World Series that Babe Ruth hit his famous "called shot" home run. Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park opened April 20, 1912, the same day the newspapers reported the sinking of the Titanic. The park is known for its tall, green, left-field wall, known as "The Green Monster." Tiger Stadium is the earliest of the structures to have been built, erected in 1896 on the site of a nineteenth-century Detroit hay market. Two Pennsylvania playing fields opened in 1909.    Shibe Park hosted the Philadelphia Athletics first and then the Philadelphia Phillies. It was one of the first modern steel-and-concrete stadiums. Forbes Field, built for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a huge ball field, boasting the longest plate-to-foul-pole distances in the National League.  When the White Sox's Comiskey Park opened in Chicago in 1910, on top of an old city dump, it was considered the finest baseball facility in the world.  Beginning in 1911, the New York Giants played at the Polo Grounds depicted on the stamp. It was the location for all the games of the first "Subway" World Series in 1921. The Cincinnati Red's Crosley Field, which opened in 1912, hosted major league baseball's first night game in 1935. Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, sported a majestic, eighty-foot marble rotunda and gilded ticket windows and turnstiles. In 1960, it became the first of these legendary playing fields to be demolished. Ebbets Field was a Major League Baseball stadium in the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. It is known mainly for having been the home of the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team of the National League (1913- 1957). Ebbets Field was demolished in 1960 and replaced by the Ebbets Field Apartments, later renamed the Jackie Robinson Apartments. The first game played was an inter-league exhibition game against the New York Yankees on April 5, 1913, played before an overcapacity of 30,000 fans, with 5,000 more who had arrived but were not able to get in. After a loss against the Yankees in another exhibition game on April 7 in front of about 1,000 fans on a very cold day, the first game that counted was played on April 9 against the Philadelphia Phillies, with Brooklyn losing, 1-0. Frank Sinatra's song "There Used to Be a Ballpark" mourned the loss of places like Ebbets Field, and of the attendant youthful innocence of fans and players alike., United States Postal Service, 2001, 3, Washington DC: United States Postal Service, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Post Card. Very good. Format is 6 inches by 4.25 inches, color image of fan filled stands and the infield of the stadium on one side. The other side has the canceled color stamp image on the right side. This was canceled in New York City on Jun 27 2001. The stamp image value was twenty-one cents. The left side has a brief text on the Crosley Field over a black and white image. At the bottom, in slightly raised lettering it states Legendary Playing Fields. There is a statement Official First Day of Issue. Below the USPS copyright notice is the statement "Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. There is a logo for Cooperstown Collection. A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark, frequently a pictorial cancellation, indicating the city and date where the item was first issued, and "first day of issue" is often used to refer to this postmark. Postal authorities may hold a first day ceremony to generate publicity for the new issue, with postal officials revealing the stamp, and with connected persons in attendance. The ceremony may also be held in a location that has a special connection with the stamp's subject. The postmark is one of the most important features of a cover. Stamps are canceled by a postmark, which shows they have been used and can't be reused. This is one of a set of vintage postcards of ten famous baseball fields. The art for each of these stamps comes from replicas of vintage postcards! Each post card has a descriptive text on the back. At the time these were issued in 2001, three of the ball fields were still in use.  Yankee Stadium is known as the "House that Ruth Built." It was built in 1922 in the Bronx, the largest stadium at that time, to hold all the fans who wanted to see the New York Yankees and Babe Ruth.  The Chicago Cubs have been playing at Wrigley Field since 1916.  It was there during the 1932 World Series that Babe Ruth hit his famous "called shot" home run.  Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park opened April 20, 1912, the same day the newspapers reported the sinking of the Titanic.  The park is known for its tall, green, left-field wall, known as "The Green Monster." Tiger Stadium is the earliest of the structures to have been built, erected in 1896 on the site of a nineteenth-century Detroit hay market. Two Pennsylvania playing fields opened in 1909.    Shibe Park hosted the Philadelphia Athletics first and then the Philadelphia Phillies. It was one of the first modern steel-and-concrete stadiums. Forbes Field, built for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a huge ball field, boasting the longest plate-to-foul-pole distances in the National League.   When the White Sox's Comiskey Park opened in Chicago in 1910, on top of an old city dump, it was considered the finest baseball facility in the world.   Beginning in 1911, the New York Giants played at the Polo Grounds depicted on the stamp.  It was the location for all the games of the first "Subway" World Series in 1921. The Cincinnati Red's Crosley Field, which opened in 1912, hosted major league baseball's first night game in 1935. Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, sported a majestic, eighty-foot marble rotunda and gilded ticket windows and turnstiles.  In 1960, it became the first of these legendary playing fields to be demolished. Crosley Field was a Major League Baseball park in Cincinnati, Ohio. It was the home field of the National League's Cincinnati Reds from 1912 through June 24, 1970, and the original Cincinnati Bengals football team, members of the second (1937) and third American Football League (1940-41). Crosley Field has the distinction of being the first major-league park with lights for playing night games. The "Findlay and Western" intersection was the home field of the Reds from 1884 until mid-season 1970, when the team moved to Riverfront Stadium. The location of the diamond and consequently the main grandstand seating area was shifted several times during the 86+1 2 seasons that the Reds played at the site. Through much of its history, Crosley Field was used for other events besides Cincinnati Reds baseball games. During World War I, the city's police force staged a review at Redland Field on October 17, 1917. The Negro leagues' Cincinnati Tigers in 1936 and 1937 called Crosley home. The original 1937 Cincinnati Bengals football team played home games there. On August 21, 1966, Crosley Field hosted The Beatles on their final tour. Other events held there included a Roy Rogers rodeo, a political rally for Wendell Willkie, and an Ice Capades show., United States Postal Service, 2001, 3, Washington DC: United States Postal Service, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Post Card. Very good. Format is 6 inches by 4.25 inches, color image of fan filled stands and the infield of the stadium on one side. The other side has the canceled color stamp image on the right side. This was canceled in New York City on Jun 27 2001. The stamp image value was twenty-one cents. The left side has a brief text on the Fenway Park over a black and white image. At the bottom, in slightly raised lettering it states Legendary Playing Fields. There is a statement Official First Day of Issue. Below the USPS copyright notice is the statement "Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. There is a logo for Cooperstown Collection. A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark, frequently a pictorial cancellation, indicating the city and date where the item was first issued, and "first day of issue" is often used to refer to this postmark. Postal authorities may hold a first day ceremony to generate publicity for the new issue, with postal officials revealing the stamp, and with connected persons in attendance. The ceremony may also be held in a location that has a special connection with the stamp's subject. The postmark is one of the most important features of a cover. Stamps are canceled by a postmark, which shows they have been used and can't be reused. This is one of a set of vintage postcards of ten famous baseball fields. The art for each of these stamps comes from replicas of vintage postcards! Each post card has a descriptive text on the back. At the time these were issued in 2001, three of the ball fields were still in use.  Yankee Stadium is known as the "House that Ruth Built." It was built in 1922 in the Bronx, the largest stadium at that time, to hold all the fans who wanted to see the New York Yankees and Babe Ruth.  The Chicago Cubs have been playing at Wrigley Field since 1916.  It was there during the 1932 World Series that Babe Ruth hit his famous "called shot" home run.  Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park opened April 20, 1912, the same day the newspapers reported the sinking of the Titanic.  The park is known for its tall, green, left-field wall, known as "The Green Monster." Tiger Stadium is the earliest of the structures to have been built, erected in 1896 on the site of a nineteenth-century Detroit hay market. Two Pennsylvania playing fields opened in 1909.    Shibe Park hosted the Philadelphia Athletics first and then the Philadelphia Phillies.  It was one of the first modern steel-and-concrete stadiums. Forbes Field, built for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a huge ball field, boasting the longest plate-to-foul-pole distances in the National League.   When the White Sox's Comiskey Park opened in Chicago in 1910, on top of an old city dump, it was considered the finest baseball facility in the world.   Beginning in 1911, the New York Giants played at the Polo Grounds depicted on the stamp.  It was the location for all the games of the first "Subway" World Series in 1921. The Cincinnati Red's Crosley Field, which opened in 1912, hosted major league baseball's first night game in 1935. Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, sported a majestic, eighty-foot marble rotunda and gilded ticket windows and turnstiles.  In 1960, it became the first of these legendary playing fields to be demolished. Fenway Park is a baseball stadium located in Boston, Massachusetts, near Kenmore Square. Since 1912, it has been the home for the Boston Red Sox, the city's American League baseball team, and since 1953, its only Major League Baseball (MLB) franchise. While the stadium was built in 1912, it was substantially rebuilt in 1934, and underwent major renovations and modifications in the 21st century. It is the oldest active ballpark in MLB. Because of its age and constrained location in Boston's dense Fenway-Kenmore neighborhood, the park has many quirky features, including "The Triangle", Pesky's Pole, and the Green Monster in left field. It is the fifth-smallest among MLB ballparks by seating capacity, second-smallest by total capacity, and one of eight that cannot accommodate at least 40,000 spectators. Fenway has hosted the World Series 11 times, with the Red Sox winning six of them and the Boston Braves winning one. Besides baseball games, it has also been the site of many other sporting and cultural events including professional football games for the Boston Redskins, Boston Yanks, and the New England Patriots; concerts; soccer and hockey games (such as the 2010 NHL Winter Classic); and political and religious campaigns. April 20, 2012, marked Fenway Park's centennial. On March 7 of that year, the park was added to the National Register of Historic Places. Former pitcher Bill Lee has called Fenway Park "a shrine". The ballpark is considered to be one of the most well-known sports venues in the world and a symbol of Boston., United States Postal Service, 2001, 3, Washington DC: United States Postal Service, 2001. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Post Card. Very good. Format is 6 inches by 4.25 inches, color image of fan filled stands and the infield of the stadium on one side. The other side has the canceled color stamp image on the right side. This was canceled in New York City on Jun 27 2001. The stamp image value was twenty-one cents. The left side has a brief text on Yankee Stadium over a black and white image. At the bottom, in slightly raised lettering it states Legendary Playing Fields. There is a statement Official First Day of Issue. Below the USPS copyright notice is the statement "Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. There is a logo for Cooperstown Collection. A first day of issue cover or first day cover (FDC) is a postage stamp on a cover, postal card or stamped envelope franked on the first day the issue is authorized for use within the country or territory of the stamp-issuing authority. There will usually be a first day of issue postmark, frequently a pictorial cancellation, indicating the city and date where the item was first issued, and "first day of issue" is often used to refer to this postmark. Postal authorities may hold a first day ceremony to generate publicity for the new issue, with postal officials revealing the stamp, and with connected persons in attendance. The ceremony may also be held in a location that has a special connection with the stamp's subject. The postmark is one of the most important features of a cover. Stamps are canceled by a postmark, which shows they have been used and can't be reused. This is one of a set of vintage postcards of ten famous baseball fields. The art for each of these stamps comes from replicas of vintage postcards! Each post card has a descriptive text on the back. At the time these were issued in 2001, three of the ball fields were still in use.  Yankee Stadium is known as the "House that Ruth Built." It was built in 1922 in the Bronx, the largest stadium at that time, to hold all the fans who wanted to see the New York Yankees and Babe Ruth. The Chicago Cubs have been playing at Wrigley Field since 1916. It was there during the 1932 World Series that Babe Ruth hit his famous "called shot" home run. Boston Red Sox's Fenway Park opened April 20, 1912, the same day the newspapers reported the sinking of the Titanic. The park is known for its tall, green, left-field wall, known as "The Green Monster." Tiger Stadium is the earliest of the structures to have been built, erected in 1896 on the site of a nineteenth-century Detroit hay market. Two Pennsylvania playing fields opened in 1909.    Shibe Park hosted the Philadelphia Athletics first and then the Philadelphia Phillies. It was one of the first modern steel-and-concrete stadiums. Forbes Field, built for the Pittsburgh Pirates, was a huge ball field, boasting the longest plate-to-foul-pole distances in the National League.  When the White Sox's Comiskey Park opened in Chicago in 1910, on top of an old city dump, it was considered the finest baseball facility in the world.  Beginning in 1911, the New York Giants played at the Polo Grounds depicted on the stamp. It was the location for all the games of the first "Subway" World Series in 1921. The Cincinnati Red's Crosley Field, which opened in 1912, hosted major league baseball's first night game in 1935. Ebbets Field, home of the Brooklyn Dodgers, sported a majestic, eighty-foot marble rotunda and gilded ticket windows and turnstiles. In 1960, it became the first of these legendary playing fields to be demolished. The original Yankee Stadium was a stadium located in the Bronx, New York City. It was the home ballpark of the New York Yankees, one of the city's Major League Baseball franchises, from 1923 to 1973 and again from 1976 to 2008. The stadium hosted 6,581 Yankees regular season home games during its 85-year history. It was also the home of the New York Giants National Football League (NFL) team from 1956 through September 1973. The stadium's nickname, "The House That Ruth Built", is derived from Babe Ruth, the baseball superstar whose prime years coincided with the stadium's opening and the beginning of the Yankees' winning history. It has often been referred to as "The Cathedral of Baseball", United States Postal Service, 2001, 3, New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy. Trade paperback. Very good. xx, [2], 291, [9] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Thomas Kessner is a graduate of Brooklyn College (1963) and earned his doctorate at Columbia University in 1975 with distinction. He was appointed as distinguished professor at the Graduate Center in 2005. His special areas of interest are American urban and social history and the history of New York City. He has published several books, including The Flight of the Century: Charles A. Lindbergh and the Rise of American Aviation (2010); Capital City: New York City and the Men Behind America's Rise to Economic Dominance, 1860-1900 (2003); Fiorello H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York (1989); and The Golden Door (1977), a study of immigrant life and economic mobility in New York City. Kessner's work has garnered awards and fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. He has served as a consultant to the Ellis Island Museum, the New-York Historical Society, the Museum of the City of New York, and many other scholarly and professional institutions. In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris ushered in America's age of commercial aviation. In The Flight of the Century, Thomas Kessner takes a fresh look at one of America's greatest moments, explaining how what was essentially a publicity stunt became a turning point in history. He vividly recreates the flight itself and the euphoric reaction to it on both sides of the Atlantic, and argues that Lindbergh's amazing feat occurred just when the world--still struggling with the disillusionment of WWI--desperately needed a hero to restore a sense of optimism and innocence. Kessner also shows how new forms of mass media made Lindbergh into the most famous international celebrity of his time, casting him in the role of a humble yet dashing American hero of rural origins and traditional values. Much has been made of Lindbergh's personal integrity and his refusal to cash in on his fame. But Kessner reveals that Lindbergh was closely allied with, and managed by, a group of powerful businessmen--Harry Guggenheim, Dwight Morrow, and Henry Breckenridge chief among them--who sought to exploit aviation for mass transport and massive profits. Their efforts paid off as commercial air traffic soared from 6,000 passengers in 1926 to 173,000 passengers in 1929. Kessner's book is the first to fully explore Lindbergh's central role in promoting the airline industry--the rise of which has influenced everything from where we live to how we wage war and do business. The Flight of the Century sheds new light on one of America's fascinatingly enigmatic heroes and most transformative moments., Oxford University Press, 2010, 3<

2010, ISBN: 0195320190

[EAN: 9780195320190], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Oxford University Press, New York], CHARLES LINDBERGH, AVIATION, AIRSHIP, AIR MAIL, PILOT, TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT, PUBLICITY STUNT,… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780195320190], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Oxford University Press, New York], CHARLES LINDBERGH, AVIATION, AIRSHIP, AIR MAIL, PILOT, TRANSATLANTIC FLIGHT, PUBLICITY STUNT, HEROISM, HARRY GUGGENHEIM, DWIGHT MORROW, HENRY BRECKENRIDGE, TRANSPORTATION, COMMERCIAL TRAFFIC, AIRLINE INDUSTRY, xx, [2], 291, [9] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Thomas Kessner is a graduate of Brooklyn College (1963) and earned his doctorate at Columbia University in 1975 with distinction. He was appointed as distinguished professor at the Graduate Center in 2005. His special areas of interest are American urban and social history and the history of New York City. He has published several books, including The Flight of the Century: Charles A. Lindbergh and the Rise of American Aviation (2010); Capital City: New York City and the Men Behind America's Rise to Economic Dominance, 1860-1900 (2003); Fiorello H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York (1989); and The Golden Door (1977), a study of immigrant life and economic mobility in New York City. Kessner's work has garnered awards and fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. He has served as a consultant to the Ellis Island Museum, the New-York Historical Society, the Museum of the City of New York, and many other scholarly and professional institutions. In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris ushered in America's age of commercial aviation. In The Flight of the Century, Thomas Kessner takes a fresh look at one of America's greatest moments, explaining how what was essentially a publicity stunt became a turning point in history. He vividly recreates the flight itself and the euphoric reaction to it on both sides of the Atlantic, and argues that Lindbergh's amazing feat occurred just when the world--still struggling with the disillusionment of WWI--desperately needed a hero to restore a sense of optimism and innocence. Kessner also shows how new forms of mass media made Lindbergh into the most famous international celebrity of his time, casting him in the role of a humble yet dashing American hero of rural origins and traditional values. Much has been made of Lindbergh's personal integrity and his refusal to cash in on his fame. But Kessner reveals that Lindbergh was closely allied with, and managed by, a group of powerful businessmen--Harry Guggenheim, Dwight Morrow, and Henry Breckenridge chief among them--who sought to exploit aviation for mass transport and massive profits. Their efforts paid off as commercial air traffic soared from 6,000 passengers in 1926 to 173,000 passengers in 1929. Kessner's book is the first to fully explore Lindbergh's central role in promoting the airline industry--the rise of which has influenced everything from where we live to how we wage war and do business. The Flight of the Century sheds new light on one of America's fascinatingly enigmatic heroes and most transformative moments., Books<

2010, ISBN: 9780195320190

New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy. Trade paperback. Very good. xx, [2], 291, [9] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Thomas Kessner is a graduate of Bro… Mehr…

New York: Oxford University Press, 2010. Uncorrected Advance Reading Copy. Trade paperback. Very good. xx, [2], 291, [9] pages. Illustrations. Notes. Thomas Kessner is a graduate of Brooklyn College (1963) and earned his doctorate at Columbia University in 1975 with distinction. He was appointed as distinguished professor at the Graduate Center in 2005. His special areas of interest are American urban and social history and the history of New York City. He has published several books, including The Flight of the Century: Charles A. Lindbergh and the Rise of American Aviation (2010); Capital City: New York City and the Men Behind America's Rise to Economic Dominance, 1860-1900 (2003); Fiorello H. LaGuardia and the Making of Modern New York (1989); and The Golden Door (1977), a study of immigrant life and economic mobility in New York City. Kessner's work has garnered awards and fellowships from the Rockefeller Foundation, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the American Council of Learned Societies. He has served as a consultant to the Ellis Island Museum, the New-York Historical Society, the Museum of the City of New York, and many other scholarly and professional institutions. In late May 1927 an inexperienced and unassuming 25-year-old Air Mail pilot from rural Minnesota stunned the world by making the first non-stop transatlantic flight. A spectacular feat of individual daring and collective technological accomplishment, Charles Lindbergh's flight from New York to Paris ushered in America's age of commercial aviation. In The Flight of the Century, Thomas Kessner takes a fresh look at one of America's greatest moments, explaining how what was essentially a publicity stunt became a turning point in history. He vividly recreates the flight itself and the euphoric reaction to it on both sides of the Atlantic, and argues that Lindbergh's amazing feat occurred just when the world--still struggling with the disillusionment of WWI--desperately needed a hero to restore a sense of optimism and innocence. Kessner also shows how new forms of mass media made Lindbergh into the most famous international celebrity of his time, casting him in the role of a humble yet dashing American hero of rural origins and traditional values. Much has been made of Lindbergh's personal integrity and his refusal to cash in on his fame. But Kessner reveals that Lindbergh was closely allied with, and managed by, a group of powerful businessmen--Harry Guggenheim, Dwight Morrow, and Henry Breckenridge chief among them--who sought to exploit aviation for mass transport and massive profits. Their efforts paid off as commercial air traffic soared from 6,000 passengers in 1926 to 173,000 passengers in 1929. Kessner's book is the first to fully explore Lindbergh's central role in promoting the airline industry--the rise of which has influenced everything from where we live to how we wage war and do business. The Flight of the Century sheds new light on one of America's fascinatingly enigmatic heroes and most transformative moments., Oxford University Press, 2010, 3<

ISBN: 9780195320190

Oxford University Press. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possib… Mehr…

Oxford University Press. Hardcover. GOOD. Spine creases, wear to binding and pages from reading. May contain limited notes, underlining or highlighting that does affect the text. Possible ex library copy, will have the markings and stickers associated from the library. Accessories such as CD, codes, toys, may not be included., Oxford University Press, 2.5<