Bats, Ball, and Diamond, Waterbury, Connecticut, Rohloff O-2, choice strike ties 3c rose to cover to Shelburne, Massachusetts, postmarked with "Waterbury Con / Sep 7 / 67" c.d.s., tear to back flap and repair to back at left, else a very fine and choice example of this rare and whimsical cancellation, one of only six such examples on cover recorded by Crowe.  
A superb example of this rare strike, carved by Postmaster Hill in celebration of Waterbury Excelsior baseball team’s win over the Naugatuck Valley Nine in 1867.