Albert Spalding Olympic Commissioner 1900

The cachet features a two-color (brown and blue) design honoring Albert Goodwill Spalding (1850-1915), depicting a portrait of Spalding surrounded by crossed baseball bats, a glove, Olympic rings, a baseball, and silhouettes of players on a diamond. A smaller inset portrait shows Spalding in a Boston uniform. His facsimile signature appears below the portrait, and scroll text notes his role as Commissioner of the Olympic Games of 1900 in Paris, France. The 29-cent USA Olympic Baseball stamp shows a catcher and batter in action with Olympic rings, and the pictorial cancel features a baseball glove and crossed bats with 'FIRST DAY OF ISSUE' text.

The cachet artwork features a detailed portrait of Albert Goodwill Spalding in brown, surrounded by crossed baseball bats, a baseball glove, Olympic rings, and blue silhouettes of baseball players. The design includes a ribbon with the text 'Albert Goodwill Spalding 1850 - 1915' and an inset image of Spalding in his Boston uniform. Below the portrait is a facsimile signature and a scroll with text honoring Spalding's role as Commissioner of the 1900 Olympic Games in Paris. The stamp depicts a baseball player in action with the Olympic rings and is labeled 'OFFICIAL OLYMPIC ISSUE 29 USA.' The postmark is a pictorial cancellation with a baseball glove and crossed bats, dated April 3, 1992, from Atlanta, GA.