Baseball All-Stars Stamps Debut on National Broadcast
What First Day of Issue ceremony for release of the Major League Baseball All-Stars Forever stamps honoring Ted Williams, Joe DiMaggio, Willie Stargell, and Larry Doby will be broadcast live via satellite (info below) for viewing or editing and re-broadcasting on large screens at stadiums across the country.
Who Hall of Famers Tony Gwynn
Joe DiMaggio's granddaughter Kathie Stein
Willie Stargell's wife Margaret Weller-Stargell
Larry Doby, Jr.
Hall of Fame Board Chairman Jane Forbes Clark
USPS Board of Governors member Louis Giuliano
Postmaster General Patrick Donahoe
When Friday, July 20, 2012
10 a.m. EDT (7 a.m. PDT)
Where National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum, Cooperstown, NY
Background Dedication ceremony for Baseball All-Stars stamps is part of opening day festivities for the four-day Hall of Fame Weekend. The stamps go on sale at Post Offices nationwide that day and online at http://www.usps.com/play-ball.
Satellite Info Satellite feed is direct access to ceremony starting at 10 a.m. EDT. Satellite window opens at 9 a.m. EDT. Trouble line at ENCOMPASS DIGITAL MEDIA (1-678-421-6604). All calls related to feed should go to this number for assistance.
Questions related to content go to USPS at 202-268-2236.
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Affiliates and Cable News Operations
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Sound bites, b-roll and photos of the event will be available beginning at 3 p.m. EDT on this USPS Broadcast Media Center website: USPS Newsroom
It also will be webcast live on USPS.com at 10 a.m. EDT on Friday, July 20. USPS Major League Baseball All-Stars First-Day-of-Issue Ceremony
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