4c James Naismith - Basketball single

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Object Details

Printer

Bureau of Engraving and Printing

Associated Person

James Naismith, Canadian, 1861 - 1939

Description

This Naismith-Basketball Issue stamp honors basketball and James Naismith, the Canadian born director of physical education who invented the game in 1891 at the YMCA College in Springfield, Massachusetts. Forced inside by the harsh New England winter, he drew upon many of the popular sports of the time, including soccer, baseball and football, and developed the game of basketball and wrote the original rule set. The stamp features a hand throwing a basketball into a net.

United States; Canada; Massachusetts; YMCA; college; basketball; sport; rules; game; ball; net; hand

Date

November 6, 1961

Object number

1980.2493.5398

Type

Postage Stamps

Medium

paper; ink (multicolored); adhesive / engraving

Place

United States of America

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Data Source

National Postal Museum

Topic

Sports

U.S. Stamps

Metadata Usage

Usage conditions apply

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/hm8e6fe7300-93af-4ff8-aef2-5573b2f0dc36

Record ID

npm_1980.2493.5398