SCOTT #4341 TAKE ME OUT TO THE BALL GAME 42 CENT

    It's been a hundred years since Jack Norworth first wrote "take me out to the ball game", and it's still growing in popularity. Sung by fans in homes and stadiums across the country, it has become an iconic song, synonymous with America's pastime.





                                    

SCOTT #1529 SKYLAB 10 CENT

     Skylab 1, the first orbiting experimental space laboratory, was launched unmanned on May 14, 1973. Skylab 11, the first manned  mission, was launched on May 25,1973. Its crew demonstrated its versatility by assuming the role of extra-vehicular space mechanics.The duration of this mission was 28 days, 50 minutes.



                        

SCOTT #4466 NEGRO LEAGUE BASEBALL 44 CENT

       In the early 1900's a league was formed for Negros only because of the color line in baseball. Some of the greatest players of all time played in this league without the chance of playing in the Major Leagues. When the color line was finally broken, Jackie Robinson broke into the National League and Larry Doby broke the color line in the American League, both came from the Negro League.




                     

  

SCOTT #4703 THE WAR OF 1812 FOREVER STAMP

     On June 18, 1812 the United States declared war on Great Britain. President James Madison charged the British with violating the nation's sovereignty by restricting American trade with Europe and by removing seamen from American merchant ships and forcing them to serve in the Royal Navy.