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THE AMERICAN NATIONAL GAME OF BASEBALL 150th ANNIVERSARY FDC AND PRINT 6/19/2005
$ 26.37
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THE AMERICAN NATIONAL GAME OF BASEBALL 150th ANNIVERSARY FDC AND PRINT 6/19/2005Framed and matted print of vintage Currier and Ives litho along with the First Day Cover commemorating the 150th year of baseball in 2005.
The FDC commemorates the first competitive baseball game in America, between the Knickerbockers and the New York Baseball Club. The NY BB Club won 23-1. It was postmarked and canceled at Hoboken Station, NJ on June 19, 2005 where the game was played.
The print is from Currier and Ives and is aptly titled,
THE AMERICAN NATIONAL GAME OF BASEBALL: Grand Match for the Championship at The Elysian Fields, Hoboken, NJ
Newly framed measuring: 13 1/4" x 17 1/4"