1992 Olympic Baseball 29-Cent Stamp

This First Day Cover celebrates baseball's debut as an Olympic medal sport at the 1992 Barcelona Games. The Aristocrat Cachets cachet features a blue line-art batter in mid-swing with five baseballs arranged in Olympic rings formation, accompanied by text on baseball's Olympic history. The 29-cent stamp depicts two baseball players in action at a base with the Olympic rings, and the pictorial cancellation showcases a baseball glove, ball, and crossed bats with Olympic rings, postmarked April 3, 1992 from Atlanta, Georgia.

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The cachet features a blue line-art illustration of a baseball batter in mid-swing, with five baseballs arranged in the Olympic rings formation above. Accompanying text explains baseball's history in the Olympics, noting its exhibition status in 1988 and medal sport status for the 1992 Barcelona Games. The 29-cent stamp depicts two baseball players in action at a base, with the Olympic rings visible in the upper right corner. The pictorial cancellation shows a baseball glove, ball, and crossed bats with the Olympic rings.

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This First Day Cover celebrates baseball's debut as an Olympic medal sport at the 1992 Barcelona Games. The cachet features a blue line-art illustration of a batter in mid-swing with five baseballs arranged in the formation of the Olympic rings. Below the artwork, text describes baseball's history in the Olympics. The 29-cent stamp depicts two baseball players in action at a base, with the Olympic rings prominently displayed. The pictorial postmark includes a baseball glove, ball, and crossed bats with Olympic rings, postmarked April 3, 1992, from Atlanta, Georgia. The cover is in excellent condition, with clear and vivid artwork, stamp, and cancellation.

(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)