1992 Olympic Summer Games – Baseball

On April 3, 1992, the U.S. Postal Service issued a 29-cent commemorative stamp in Atlanta, Georgia, celebrating baseball’s debut as an official Olympic medal sport at the Summer Games in Barcelona, Spain. Atlanta was home to the Braves, the 1991 National League champions, and had been selected to host the 1996 Summer Olympics.

After earlier appearances as a demonstration sport, baseball became an official medal event in 1992. Cuba won the gold medal, Chinese Taipei took silver, and Japan earned bronze. The United States went 5–2 in the preliminary round before losing 6–1 to Cuba in the semifinals and 8–3 to Japan in the bronze-medal game, finishing fourth with an overall record of 5–4.

The stamp depicts a runner sliding toward home plate through a cloud of dust as a catcher attempts to tag him. Anthony DeLuz of Boston, Massachusetts, created the design through an international stamp art competition sponsored by the Postal Service. USPS was a worldwide sponsor of both the 1992 Summer and Winter Olympic Games.

The Bureau of Engraving and Printing produced the stamps using photogravure, and they were issued in panes of fifty. A total of 170,865,000 stamps were issued at 29 cents each, representing a total face value of $49,550,850. The stamp is cataloged as Scott 2619.