1992 Olympic Baseball FDC

First Day Cover for the 1992 Summer Olympics Baseball stamp (Scott 2619). The cachet features bold black silhouettes of a batter and catcher alongside a detailed line-art pitcher in mid-wind-up. Postmarked April 10, 1992, in White Plains, NY with the pictorial machine cancel 'PLAY BALL WEST.'

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The cachet features a bold black silhouette of a baseball batter and catcher on the left, paired with a detailed line-art illustration of a pitcher in mid-wind-up in the center. The stamp is a 29-cent USA Olympic Games stamp depicting baseball players sliding into base, part of the 1992 Summer Olympics series. The pictorial machine cancel reads 'PLAY BALL WES[T]' with the date April 10, 1992, and location White Plains, NY 10602. The cover is in excellent condition with clean white envelope.

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This First Day Cover features a bold black silhouette of a batter and catcher on the cachet, with a detailed line-art depiction of a pitcher in mid-wind-up. The stamp displays a colorful artistic design with the Olympic rings and a baseball theme, commemorating the 1992 Summer Olympics. The cover is postmarked with a pictorial machine cancel reading 'PLAY BALL WEST' and dated April 10, 1992, in White Plains, NY. The condition appears to be very fine, with clear artwork and legible postmark.

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