A New York first-day cover dated June 27, 2001, bearing five stamps selected from the ten-design 34-cent Baseball's Legendary Playing Fields issue: Ebbets Field, Tiger Stadium, Crosley Field, Yankee Stadium, and the Polo Grounds. Phil Jordan designed the issue from vintage-postcard views. Artcraft's black-and-white cachet adds views labeled Yankee Stadium 1951 and Ebbets Field 1913 with a bat, glove, and ball. Three of these five parks had been demolished before the issue; Tiger Stadium followed in 2009 and the old Yankee Stadium in 2010.
Claude
This ArtCraft First Day Cover features a black-and-white cachet depicting Yankee Stadium (1951) and Ebbets Field (1913) with a baseball glove and ball in the foreground. The cover bears a block of five USA 34-cent stamps depicting historic baseball stadiums: Ebbets Field (Brooklyn), Tiger Stadium (Detroit), Crosley Field (Cincinnati), Yankee Stadium (New York City), and Polo Grounds (New York City). Two circular hand-cancel postmarks from New York, NY 10199 dated June 27, 2001 are applied, along with a 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' machine cancel slug across the stamp block.
Mistral
This First Day Cover features a black-and-white cachet artwork showcasing historic baseball stadiums Yankee Stadium (1951) and Ebbets Field (1913) with a baseball glove and ball. The cover includes a block of five 34-cent stamps depicting Ebbets Field, Tiger Stadium, Crosley Field, Yankee Stadium, and Polo Grounds. The cover has two postmarks: a hand-cancel and a machine-cancel, both from New York, NY, dated June 27, 2001. The text 'Baseball's Legendary Playing Fields' and 'Official First Day of Issue' is prominently displayed.
(The automatic summaries sometimes misidentify the postmark as part of the cachet artwork.)
