1944 New York Yankees Stamps Set and Checklist

Posted on November 10, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	New York Yankees Stamps
Year	1944
Size	1 3/4″ x 2 3/8″
Images	Color
Type	Stamps
Number in Set	30

1944 New York Yankees Stamps Overview

1944 Yankees Stamps Bill Dickey This rare set of stamps was a commemorative series to celebrate the 1943 New York Yankees team that won the World Series. That year, the Yankees defeated the St. Louis Cardinals in five games.

These stamps were created to be included inside of a special album. The album had a 1943 World Champions banner along with the Yankees name and a baseball. The album also identifies these as ‘poster stamps’ as they were different from traditional stamps.

The 30-stamp set was printed on a perforated sheet with each stamp including a color image of a player along with his name at the bottom in white ink against a red box.

The stamps were unnumbered but printed in alphabetical order (by the player’s last name) on those full sheets. The bottom of the sheet included the print, “New York Yankees” and “1943 World Champions.” It also included a 1944 copyright with the mention that it was approved by the National Poster Stamp Society as well as a note that the pictures were taken by George Dorrill with printing by the American Colortype Company. The copyright is important as many collectors assume this is a 1943 issue instead of being from 1944.

The set is not as star studded as other Yankees sets. It was produced in the middle of World War II and star Joe DiMaggio was away from the team fighting in the war, so he is not included in the set. But the release did still have some notables, including Hall of Famers Bill Dickey, Joe Gordon, Joe McCarthy (manager), and Earle Combs (coach). It should be mentioned that while Gordon missed the 1944 season (the year these stamps were printed) for military service, he did play on the 1943 team.