1992 Olympic Baseball - Atlanta Postmark

First Day Cover for the 29-cent Olympic Baseball stamp (Scott 2619) issued April 3, 1992, featuring a play-at-the-plate scene with the Olympic rings. The Artmaster cachet showcases a blue-uniformed pitcher in mid-windup, with the pictorial postmark centered on a baseball glove, bat, ball, and Olympic rings design, canceled in Atlanta, Georgia.

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Claude

The cachet features a blue-uniformed baseball pitcher in mid-windup stance, rendered in a comic/illustrative style with blue and black ink, alongside bold blue text reading 'Olympic Summer Games 1992 Barcelona Spain' with 'First Day of Issue' above. The 29-cent USA stamp depicts an Olympic baseball play-at-the-plate scene with a catcher tagging a sliding runner, featuring the Olympic rings logo. The pictorial postmark is circular, centered on a baseball glove, bat, ball, and Olympic rings design, with text reading 'First Day of Issue · Atlanta GA 30304 · April 3, 1992'. The reverse (Image 2) contains extensive text titled 'Olympic Baseball' with a history of baseball and a producer credit to Artmaster Inc., Louisville, KY.

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The cachet features a blue-uniformed baseball pitcher in mid-windup, with the text 'OLYMPIC SUMMER GAMES' and '1992 BARCELONA SPAIN' in bold blue lettering. The stamp shows a play-at-the-plate scene with the Olympic rings, and the pictorial postmark includes a baseball glove, bat, ball, and Olympic rings design. The cover is in excellent condition with clear, legible text and artwork.

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