Int'l Baseball Postage Stamps (1960-1969)

International Baseball Postage Stamps

Here’s every international postage stamp depicting baseball from 1960 through 1969, including from Ajman, Costa Rica, Colombia, Manama, Venezuela and more.

1960

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad and commonly known as Rome 1960, were an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Lazio, Italy.

Costa Rica

Romania

1961

Colombia

Costa Rica

Liberia

1962

Cuba

Japan

Venezuela

1963

Cuba

Nicaragua

1964

Afghanistan

Nicaragua

San Marino

1965

Today’s game of baseball has similarities with pre-Hispanic Latin American ball games. There is a long tradition among Latinos of commemorating this association through trophies and art. These Mexican postage stamps feature clay figurines of a pitcher and batter from the Colima, Mexico, circa AD 300–650. They were issued for the 1968 Mexico City Olympic Games.