Joe DiMaggio has earned his place in Yankees and Major League Baseball lore, and now the US Postal Service is further stamping his place in history.
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the USPS are teaming up for the First-Day-Of-Issue Stamp Ceremony on Saturday, July 21. To further commemorate the event, Diaz is declaring it "Joe DiMaggio Day."
The event begins at 11 a.m. at the Bronx Main Post Office, with an autograph session with special guests afterwards.
The stamps will be sold at the event, all Bronx post offices and select Manhattan post offices on the 21. Starting the following Monday, the stamps will be available nationwide in limited quantities.
Dubbed 'The Yankee Clipper,' DiMaggio played his entire 13-year career in Yankees pinstripes. He earned three MVP awards and helped the Bronx Bombers take home nine World Series titles.
Most famously, DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games in the 1941 season, a streak that no hitter in MLB history has come within ten games of duplicating, according to the online Baseball Almanac.
Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/07/yanks-legend-joe-dimaggio-to-be-immortalized-on-us-postage-forever-stamps
Quality Stamp Collecting Supplies are available at Boscastle Supplies - www.boscastlesupplies.com
Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr. and the USPS are teaming up for the First-Day-Of-Issue Stamp Ceremony on Saturday, July 21. To further commemorate the event, Diaz is declaring it "Joe DiMaggio Day."
The event begins at 11 a.m. at the Bronx Main Post Office, with an autograph session with special guests afterwards.
The stamps will be sold at the event, all Bronx post offices and select Manhattan post offices on the 21. Starting the following Monday, the stamps will be available nationwide in limited quantities.
Dubbed 'The Yankee Clipper,' DiMaggio played his entire 13-year career in Yankees pinstripes. He earned three MVP awards and helped the Bronx Bombers take home nine World Series titles.
Most famously, DiMaggio hit in 56 straight games in the 1941 season, a streak that no hitter in MLB history has come within ten games of duplicating, according to the online Baseball Almanac.
Source: http://www.nydailynews.com/blogs/dailypolitics/2012/07/yanks-legend-joe-dimaggio-to-be-immortalized-on-us-postage-forever-stamps
Quality Stamp Collecting Supplies are available at Boscastle Supplies - www.boscastlesupplies.com
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