About This Stamp
With the issuance of the Baseball Sluggers stamps, the U.S. Postal Service recognizes the accomplishments of four baseball greats: Mickey Mantle, Mel Ott, Roy Campanella, and Hank Greenberg. Remembered as powerful hitters who wowed fans with awesome and often record-breaking home runs, these four men were also versatile players who helped to lead their teams to victory and set impressive standards for subsequent generations.
The Baseball Sluggers stamps were designed by Lonnie Busch of Franklin, North Carolina. Busch based his designs on historic photographs, simplifying and adapting the portraits to resemble old-fashioned baseball cards.
Major League Baseball trademarks and copyrights are used with permission of Major League Baseball Properties, Inc. Roy Campanella licensed by CMG Worldwide, Indianapolis, IN. Mel Ott licensed by CMG Worldwide, Indianapolis, IN. Name and likeness of Hank Greenberg used with permission. Mickey Mantle™ & © 2006, Mantle I.P. Holdings, Ltd. All rights reserved. Licensed exclusively through Encore Sports & Entertainment, LLC. (effective 5/1/06). Mickey Mantle™ & © 2006, Mantle I.P. Holdings, Ltd. All rights reserved. Licensed exclusively through Encore Sports & Entertainment, LLC. (effective 5/1/06)
Stamp Art Director, Stamp Designer
Phil Jordan
Phil Jordan grew up in New Bern, North Carolina, and attended East Carolina University. After Army service in Alaska, he graduated from Virginia Commonwealth University with a degree in visual communications. He worked in advertising and in design at a trade association before joining Beveridge and Associates, Inc., where he provided art direction for corporate, institutional, and government design projects. A partner in the firm, he left after 18 years to establish his own design firm where he managed projects for USAir, NASA, McGraw-Hill, IBM, and Smithsonian Books, among others. He was Design Director of Air & Space/Smithsonian magazine for 15 years. His work appeared in numerous exhibitions and publications such as Graphis and Communications Arts. A past president of the Art Directors Club of Metropolitan Washington, he was an art director for the U.S. Postal Service from 1991 to 2014. A resident of Falls Church, Virginia, he is a retired glider pilot and a member of the Skyline Soaring Club.