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1994 29-50c World Cup Soccer, souvenir sheet
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US #2837
1994 World Cup Soccer
- Souvenir Sheet
- Contains stamps with three different denominations
- Honors first World Cup held in America
- Pictures the world’s most popular sport
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: World Cup Soccer
Value: $1.19
First Day of Issue: May 26, 1994
First Day City: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Quantity Issued: 60,000,000
Printed by: J.W. Fergusson & Sons for Stamp Venturers
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Pane of 3
Perforations: 11.1
Why the stamp was issued: This souvenir sheet features the three stamps issued in honor of the US hosting its first World Cup soccer tournament.
About the stamp design: Michael Dudash created the oil paintings for the World Cup stamps. Each one shows a single soccer player in action. The sheet also includes a US map showing the cities with the venues where the tournament was played.
First Day City: The ceremony celebrating the release of the stamp took place at the Stadium Club of Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This was one of World Cup venues. This city was chosen, in part, because it had been mistakenly left off the map on the souvenir sheet.
History this stamp represents: For one action-packed month millions of viewers around the globe tuned in to the world’s most popular sporting event as twenty-four teams vied for the championship. Sponsored by the Federation Internationale de Football Association, the World Cup is soccer’s most famous and spectacular international competition.
Proposed by Frenchman Jules Rimet, the first World Cup was held in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930. Since then, the competition has been held every four years, except during World War II. Qualifying rounds held two years prior to the event determine which twenty-two teams will join the host nation and the defending champion. Unlike Olympic soccer, however, World Cup teams are not limited to amateur players.
For the first time in the World Cup’s 64-year history, the event was held in the United States, and to honor the occasion the Postal Service issued three commemorative stamps. Various denominations made mailing letters home easier for the international athletes, coaches, and officials. A souvenir sheet was also issued. Although the 1983 airmail stamp issued for the ’84 Olympics featured a soccer player, this was the first time stamps had been issued to specifically honor the sport of soccer.
US #2837
1994 World Cup Soccer
- Souvenir Sheet
- Contains stamps with three different denominations
- Honors first World Cup held in America
- Pictures the world’s most popular sport
Stamp Category: Commemorative
Set: World Cup Soccer
Value: $1.19
First Day of Issue: May 26, 1994
First Day City: East Rutherford, New Jersey
Quantity Issued: 60,000,000
Printed by: J.W. Fergusson & Sons for Stamp Venturers
Printing Method: Photogravure
Format: Pane of 3
Perforations: 11.1
Why the stamp was issued: This souvenir sheet features the three stamps issued in honor of the US hosting its first World Cup soccer tournament.
About the stamp design: Michael Dudash created the oil paintings for the World Cup stamps. Each one shows a single soccer player in action. The sheet also includes a US map showing the cities with the venues where the tournament was played.
First Day City: The ceremony celebrating the release of the stamp took place at the Stadium Club of Giants Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey. This was one of World Cup venues. This city was chosen, in part, because it had been mistakenly left off the map on the souvenir sheet.
History this stamp represents: For one action-packed month millions of viewers around the globe tuned in to the world’s most popular sporting event as twenty-four teams vied for the championship. Sponsored by the Federation Internationale de Football Association, the World Cup is soccer’s most famous and spectacular international competition.
Proposed by Frenchman Jules Rimet, the first World Cup was held in Montevideo, Uruguay in 1930. Since then, the competition has been held every four years, except during World War II. Qualifying rounds held two years prior to the event determine which twenty-two teams will join the host nation and the defending champion. Unlike Olympic soccer, however, World Cup teams are not limited to amateur players.
For the first time in the World Cup’s 64-year history, the event was held in the United States, and to honor the occasion the Postal Service issued three commemorative stamps. Various denominations made mailing letters home easier for the international athletes, coaches, and officials. A souvenir sheet was also issued. Although the 1983 airmail stamp issued for the ’84 Olympics featured a soccer player, this was the first time stamps had been issued to specifically honor the sport of soccer.
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