#855 1939 3ยข Baseball Centennial
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Basic Info
3¢ Violet
Subject: Sandlot Baseball Game
Perforations: 10½ x 11
Number issued: 81,269,600
Scott #: 855
Issued: June 12th, 1939
Value for pairs
Full perfect gum, no postmark
no trace of stamp hinge mark (MNH)
30¢
Used and MH
5¢
First Day Cover
A first day cover, dated June 12th, 1939
Plate #'s
#855 was issued with the following plate #'s
Numbers
22385-88
The Inspiration for the Design
The Mills Commission created an "official" and entirely fictional attribution of the game's invention to Abner Doubleday in 1839 at Cooperstown, New York (current site of the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum).
A full pane
A pane of 50 stamps, there were two panes to a sheet of 100
Essays
855-E
Photo essay on card
855-E
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