Baseball has been popular in Cuba since the late 1800s. Former dictator Fidel Castro himself was quite a ballplayer and may have been scouted by the Major Leagues back in the day. There are currently four Cuban ball players enshrined in Cooperstown with Tony Perez being the best known. The other three are players from the Negro Leagues. Jose Canseco was one of the most popular players and some of the many current players are Jose Abreu, Aroldis Chapman, Yoan Moncada and Yasiel Puig. Back near the beginning of this thread I showed some of my postage stamps from my collection. Today I am showing you some more postage stamps. These were all issued in Cuba.
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1962 Cuba Postage Stamps (Promoting Latin American baseball.)
1967 Cuba Postage Stamps Panamerican Games (Commemorating the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.)
1971 Cuba Postage Stamps (This stamp commemorates the 1971 Baseball World Cup held in Havana.)
1971 Cuba Postage Stamps (Baseball World Cup of Amateurs series.)
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1972 Cuba Postage Stamps (This is dedicated to amateur baseball world championships.)
1974 Cuba Postage Stamps (This one's inscribed 12th Central American and Caribbean games in Santo Domingo.)
1974 Cuba Postage Stamps History of Baseball (This stamp commemorating the history of baseball depicts late 1800s Cuban second-baseman Emilio Sabourin.)
1974 Cuba Postage Stamps History of Baseball (This stamp depicts modern baseball and shows a batter, a catcher, and home plate umpire.)
1982 Cuba Postage Stamps (This one commemorates the Central American and Caribbean Games series in 1982.)
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1983 Cuba Postage Stamps (This one shows "High Baseball", with the inscription and name of series IX Pan-American Games, Caracas.)
1995 Cuba Postage Stamps (This stamp promotes the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.)
1996 Cuba Postage Stamps Olympics (This two-part stamp commemorates the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta.)
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1962 Cuba Postage Stamps (Promoting Latin American baseball.)
1967 Cuba Postage Stamps Panamerican Games (Commemorating the Pan American Games in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.)
1971 Cuba Postage Stamps (This stamp commemorates the 1971 Baseball World Cup held in Havana.)
1971 Cuba Postage Stamps (Baseball World Cup of Amateurs series.)
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1972 Cuba Postage Stamps (This is dedicated to amateur baseball world championships.)
1974 Cuba Postage Stamps (This one's inscribed 12th Central American and Caribbean games in Santo Domingo.)
1974 Cuba Postage Stamps History of Baseball (This stamp commemorating the history of baseball depicts late 1800s Cuban second-baseman Emilio Sabourin.)
1974 Cuba Postage Stamps History of Baseball (This stamp depicts modern baseball and shows a batter, a catcher, and home plate umpire.)
1982 Cuba Postage Stamps (This one commemorates the Central American and Caribbean Games series in 1982.)
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1983 Cuba Postage Stamps (This one shows "High Baseball", with the inscription and name of series IX Pan-American Games, Caracas.)
1995 Cuba Postage Stamps (This stamp promotes the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata, Argentina.)
1996 Cuba Postage Stamps Olympics (This two-part stamp commemorates the 1996 Olympic games in Atlanta.)
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