US 4696a MLB Willie Stargell imperf NDC horz pair MNH 2012

Item Specifics

Country

United States

Catalog Number

4696a

Stamp Type

General Issue

Condition

Mint (NH)

Stamp Format

Pair

Year of Issue

2012

Item Description

Detailed Description
With these MAJOR LEAGUE BASEBALL ALL-STARS: WILLIE STARGELL stamps,
the U.S Postal Service honors a player perhaps best remembered for powering the
1979 Pittsburgh Pirates, a multicultural team known as "The Family" to a World
Series title.

He is also remembered for promoting harmony between players from different
backgrounds.

Born in Earlsboro, Oklahoma, Willie Stargell was of Seminole
Indian as well as African-American heritage. During his teens, he lived in a
housing project in Alameda, California, where he began playing organized
baseball. In the late 1950s, he overcame racial intimidation while playing on
some of the Pirates' minor-league farm teams in the South. Called up to the
majors in 1962, he played 21 seasons, all for Pittsburgh.

During the
1970s, the Pirates won six of ten divisional titles. After the great Roberto
Clemente died in a plane crash in 1972, Stargell became the team leader. He
handed out “Stargell Stars” to teammates for outstanding play and promoted team
harmony, showing special talent for bridging gaps between white, black, and
Latino players. Nicknamed “Pops,” he instigated the adoption of the Sister
Sledge disco hit “We Are Family” as the unofficial anthem for the '79 Pirate
team. That season he tied for National League Most Valuable Player, then
garnered MVP honors in both the National League Championship Series and the
Pirates' upset win over the Baltimore Orioles in the World
Series.

Standing six feet two inches tall and weighing some 225 pounds
late in his career, Willie Stargell twice led the National League in home runs
(48 in 1971 and 44 in 1973), and was famous for smashing baseballs out of
stadiums. At one point, he held the record for hitting the longest homers in
half the National League ballparks. The left-handed slugger wound up his career
with 475 home runs.

Stargell coached for the Pirates in the 1980s and
returned in 1997 as an assistant to Pittsburgh's general manager, a position he
held until his death in 2001. The Pirates erected a 12-foot tall statue of
Stargell outside their new PNC baseball park, which opened for a new season the
day he died.

The Major League Baseball All-Stars: Willie Stargell stamps
are being issued as Forever stamps in self-adhesive sheets of 20. Forever stamps
are always equal in value to the current First-Class Mail one-ounce
rate

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* First item (USA) - BETWEEN USD $1.13 AND USD $1.79, DEPENDS ON THE SIZE

* First Item (International) - BETWEEN USD $1.77 AND USD $3.57, DEPENDS ON THE DESTINATION AND THE SIZE

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Seller Information

Seller

msfong (28909)

Registered Since

04/25/2013

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Store

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Item Location

California, United States

Ships To

Worldwide

Returns Accepted

Yes

Returns Policy

Money Back - Returns Accepted within 30 Days (Buyer pays Shipping Cost)