USPS on 24 June 2021 released a commemorative stamp honouring Baseball Hall of Famer Yogi Berra. Little Falls, NJ was selected for a pictorial postmark of the First Day of Issue.
Art director Antonio Alcalá designed the stamp with original art by Charles Chaisson. The artist first sketched the image with graphite and pastel oil pencils. He then scanned the image and finished the portrait digitally by applying layers of color to add highlights and detail. Michael Doret designed and created the lettering for “Yogi Berra” in blue script under the image of the player.
Beloved by fans across the country, Lawrence Peter "Yogi" Berra (1925-2015) was one of the best Major League Baseball players of his era. Berra won a record 10 World Series with the New York Yankees and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
During his career, Berra won three AL MVP awards and was an 18-time MLB All-Star. Considered the best catcher in the American League in the 1950s, he was also a feared hitter, averaging better than .300 four times — finishing with a .285 lifetime average — knocking in 100 runs five times and hitting 358 home runs.
Aside from his baseball prowess, Berra is fondly remembered for his many 'Yogisms" or malapropisms, i.e. "It ain't over till it's over".
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