Odd Gabby Hartnett Postcard

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Posted By: <b>Daniel Bretta</b><p>Anyone know what company issued this postcard? I couldn't find anything on the Old Cardboard website.<br /><br /><a href="http://imageshack.us"><img src="http://img11.imageshack.us/img11/7947/gabby3dj.jpg" border="0" width="398" alt="Image Hosted by ImageShack.us" /></a>

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>I believe that's a Worch Cigar. They came with many different type faces, some with natural backgrounds, some with blank backgrounds. So it's tough to know for sure. But I believe I've seen the Hartnett before and it looks like yours.

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Posted By: <b>Daniel Bretta</b><p>Were the Worch Cigar cards postcards?

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Posted By: <b>Greg Ecklund</b><p>Worch Cigars are roughly postcard size, but I've never seen a Worch with lettering that stands out that much - all the ones I have seen have a player's name in script or in black print inside a small white box - that lettering seems too large to me. <br /><br />I have never seen the Harnett, so it's possible that Paul is right.

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>I too believe it's a Worch card. I do believe there were some that had postcard backs but am not positive. I've handled several Worch's and this does look like one although the paper looks a little darker than normal..I've never had one with a postcard back..regards

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>...at my former place of business was Gabby's grand niece. (I also once ran into Kid Elberfeld's granddaughter in a copy center.)

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Posted By: <b>Greg Ecklund</b><p>Paul was correct that the postcard is a Harnett Worch Cigar - David Bryan (davidbvintage) just listed one on EBay tonight.

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Posted By: <b>Daniel Bretta</b><p>Thanks fellas. That pretty much seals the deal. Interesting that the one on ebay is a blank back and mine is a postcard back.