| Name | Value |
|---|---|
| Date of Issue | April 25, 2019 |
| Year | 2019 |
| Quantity | 1,500,000 |
| Denomination |
 PERMANENT™ (P).Current monetary value: $0.92. |
| Postal Administration | Canada |
| Condition | Name | Avg Value |
|---|---|---|
|
M-NH-VF
|
Mint - Never Hinged - Very Fine | View price |
Pay tribute to the remarkable legacy and incredible achievements of the Vancouver Asahi baseball team with this booklet of 10 PermanentTM domestic stamps. These baseball-shaped stamps honour the famous Japanese-Canadian team that won multiple amateur championships. Among those featured in the photograph on the stamp is Kaye Kaminishi, the last living Vancouver Asahi player (back row, second from left).
The Asahi story is about more than baseball; it is about ganbare, the team’s determination to overcome racism and discrimination without retaliation. Formed in 1914, a time of overt prejudice, the Asahi quickly became one of Vancouver’s most dominant amateur teams. They thrilled fans and outwitted opponents using a strategy dubbed “brain ball,” a unique combination of bunt hits and aggressive base running. Regrettably, the team was forced to disband following Canada’s declaration of war on Japan and more than 20,000 people of Japanese ancestry were interned, many of them Canadian citizens.
The Vancouver Asahi were inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 and the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
Celebrate the championship-winning Vancouver Asahi amateur baseball team and enjoy a timeline of their remarkable achievements with this Official First Day Cover. This colourful collectible is stamped with a single baseball-shaped PermanentTM domestic stamp. Among those featured in the photograph on the stamp is Kaye Kaminishi, the last living Vancouver Asahi player (back row, second from left). The stamp is postmarked in Vancouver, British Columbia, with a pictorial cancellation of a swinging batter.
The Asahi story is about more than baseball; it is about ganbare, the team’s determination to overcome racism and discrimination without retaliation. Formed in 1914, a time of overt prejudice, the Asahi quickly became one of Vancouver’s most dominant amateur teams. They thrilled fans and outwitted opponents using a strategy dubbed “brain ball,” a unique combination of bunt hits and aggressive base running. Regrettably, the team was forced to disband following Canada’s declaration of war on Japan and more than 20,000 people of Japanese ancestry were interned, many of them Canadian citizens.
The Vancouver Asahi were inducted into the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame in 2003 and the British Columbia Sports Hall of Fame in 2005.
Formed in 1914, during a time of overt racism, the Vancouver Asahi – an amateur Japanese-Canadian baseball team whose name means morning sun – thrilled fans and outwitted competitors with a unique strategy of bunts, base stealing, speed and squeeze plays that the media dubbed “brain ball.”
The Asahi became one of the city’s most dominant amateur teams and between 1919 and 1941, won multiple league titles in Vancouver and along the Pacific northwest. However, the team was forced to disband after Canada declared war on Japan and interned more than 20,000 Japanese living on the west coast, most of them Canadian citizens.
The Asahi ultimately earned their place in the BC Sports Hall of Fame and the Canadian Baseball Hall of Fame.
The stamp, designed by Vancouver’s Subplot Design Inc., features the 1940 team photograph, which includes Kaye Kaminishi (back row, second from left) – the Asahi’s last living team member.