Negro League Stamp to be Unveiled at LaGrave Field
Published on August 16, 2010 under American Association (AA)
Fort Worth Cats News Release
FORT WORTH, TX - The baseball league that helped spark integration of American professional sports is being honored on Friday, August 20, 2010, at the 2nd day unveiling of the Negro League Baseball stamp at LaGrave Field in Fort Worth, Texas. The ceremony, hosted by the Fort Worth Cats, will be held before the opening of the Fort Worth Cats vs. Grand Prairie AirHogs game at 7:05PM. The Negro League stamps and commemorative envelopes, along with the cancellation mark, will be on sale during the game.
The Negro Leagues Baseball stamps pay tribute to the all-black professional baseball leagues that operated from 1920 to about 1960. A second commemorative stamp features the league's founder, Andrew "Rube" Foster, who is considered the "father" of Negro Leagues Baseball. In 1981, Foster was honored by the National Baseball Hall of Fame as the "foremost manager and executive" of Negro Leagues baseball.
"The United States Postal Service is honored to be recognizing two stamps in commemoration of Negro Leagues Baseball," said Les Phipps, Postmaster of Fort Worth. "In 1920, the first of several black leagues of the modern era was in Kansas City. It was called the Negro National League," Phipps noted. "With the issuance of these stamps, the rich legacy of the Negro Leagues will travel far and wide, throughout this nation."
The stamps went on sale nationwide on July 15, 2010 and are available in Post Offices or may be purchased at the online Postal Store at www.usps.com/shop and by calling 800-STAMP-24.
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