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Poster Stamps were produced as an
advertising medium, used to promote an
event, and most were saved as a
souvenir, commemorating something. The
term Poster Stamp came about because
many of these stamps were “poster-like”
in their looks or even miniature copies
of full size street posters.
The Cooperstown Centennial Committee was formed in 1934 to help
celebrate the Birthplace of
Baseball, and the opening of the
National Baseball Museum. Alexander
Cleland, secretary of the Committee,
announced in august 1935, that a hall
of fame will be a feature of the new
museum, which was opened In April. Late
in 1938 the Committee was incorporated
to better deal with copyright issues
until 1940 when it was disbanded.
Alfred R. Cobbett, a member of the Centennial Committee for Advertising
and Publicity, created the Great Seal
in 1934 for the Cooperstown’s Base Ball
Centennial Committee’s Mast Head. The
great seal was used on letterheads,
legal documents, first day cover
cachets, envelopes, souvenirs, and this
poster stamp.
The baseball designed seal reads: "Base-Ball Centennial, 1839 ~ 1939,
Cooperstown N.Y." at the top between
baseball stitches. The bottom reads:
"Doubleday Field - Birth place of Base
Ball" separated by crossed bats,
baseballs, and glove inside a baseball
diamond. The design is centered from
left to right with an illustration of
Major-Gen. Abner Doubleday, Doubleday
Field, and the Cooperstown National
Base Ball Museum, as labeled below
each. The initials "ARS" on the right,
below the word Ball, stands for Alfred
R. Cobbett.
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