United States, Scott #5908 (Michel #6215)(Yvert&Tellier #5815), used(o), 2024, Honoring Baseball Great, Hank (Henry) Aaron (1934-2021); one of baseball's greatest hitters; he played from 1954 to 1976, with most of that time spent, as a right fielder, on the Milwaukee Braves, and on their move, the Atlanta Braves; when he was young, his family was too poor to buy baseball equipment, so Aaron used a stick and bottle cap for his bat and ball; after high school, he signed with the Negro American League, but he was so talented, not long after, he signed with the Braves and worked his way up through their farm teams; on April 13, 1954, he made his Major League Baseball debut, where he stayed for 23 seasons; famous already, he became extraordinarily famous for breaking Babe Ruth’s long-time home-run record of 714 in 1974, and went on to hit 755 home runs, a record that held for another 33 years, until Barry Bonds broke this record, and went on to hit a total of 762; throughout his career, Hank Aaron faced many obstacles, including varying degrees of racism; in early years, he often couldn’t stay in the same hotels or eat in the same restaurants as his teammates; even later in his career, when he was about to break Babe Ruth’s home run record, he received death threats; but hatred and envy didn’t stop him; he persevered and remains one of the most talented and beloved baseball players of all time; he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1982, receiving 97.8 percent of the vote from the baseball writers, making him second, only to Ty Cobb in the highest percentage of votes ever received; issued as a forever stamp at a counter value of (73¢), offset lithography by Ashton Potter USA (APU), issued with non-water soluble self adhesive gum, serpentine die cut simulated perforations at scale: 10¾, ‘USPS’ in vertical, black-inked, security microprint left of center on the ballplayer's pant's belt; issue date of ‘2024’ is also in black-inked dotted microprint horizontally in the border at the lower right, multicolored, Scott 2025 Catalog Value: not listed, but probably 40¢, nicely centered (superb), light, quarter circular, black-inked, double-rimmed, socked-on-the-nose corner cancel at the top left and well clear of the main image, good perforations, stamp was lifted from the mailing envelope using the Bestine solvent and placed on a piece of black trimmed card stock for an attractive and uniform album appearance with other stamps from the period similarly mounted; centering and mounting warrant a selling price premium - this is an example of a perfect used stamp - nicely centered, light offset image free cancel, but with sufficient cancellation details to assure stamp was postally used and not a CTO or courtesy cancel, good perforations, flawless surface, fresh clear impression - a perfect used stamp!. This is not a 'bait-and-switch;' the stamp you see will be the one you receive.
Please review my terms of sale. If you are not ordering from the United States, there is a $US1.65 additional postage expense that needs to be added to the price of the stamp. If you are ordering from the United States, there is only a $US0.73 added postage expense. Also, if you make additional purchases from my offerings, they can all go in one mailing at no extra shipping expense for the added purchases. I will send the purchase by US first class mail, since the relatively low value of the stamp does not warrant signature or tracking mail. Hence the buyer assumes risk of loss or non-delivery. I will keep a scan of my mailing to verify that the correct mailing address was used. If not satisfied, return the stamp to me at your own expense, and I will refund the cost, but not my postage to you. If the stamp is not as described, I will refund the cost and reimburse you for postage both ways.
By way of reference, I am an American Philatelic Society (APS) member (195176) and an American Stamp Dealers Association )ASDA) member. Thank you for looking, and I hope this is the perfect stamp to fill that gap in your collection.
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