T206 with John Anderson stamp

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Posted By: <b>Donny Muth</b><p>Hey some of the talk on the boards about people collecting cards that formerly belonged to specific people got me thinking about a T206 that I have. <br /><br />Does anyone else have any T206's with a stamp from John A. Anderson?<br /><br />The stamp reads:<br /><br />John A. Anderson, Agent<br />The Saturday Evening Post<br />114 UNION AVENUE<br />Bala. Penna.<br /><br />Mine is a Rudolph (Toronto) with EPDG back.<br /><br /><img src="http://i314.photobucket.com/albums/ll423/aerograd/T206_Rudolph-Dick_ElPrincipeDeGales.jpg"><br /><br />Post em if you got em! Thanks!<br /><br />---Donny

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Posted By: <b>Kenneth McMillan</b><p>Do not have one with that stamp, but I do have a W575-1 Elmer Miller Stamped as follows:<br /><br />R.M. HAYS & BROS.<br />BOOKS, STATIONARY, KODAK<br />WALL PAPER & WINDOW SHADES<br />HAGERSTOWN, MD.<br /><br /><br />This is apparently a defunct company that sold stationary and postcards in Western Maryland. Probably an owner relative of the company or bored employee.<br /><br />Kmac

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Posted By: <b>Anthony S.</b><p>I do have that stamp. Was looking through my T206's the other day to see if I had the Robt. Walton stamp (I have one) and noticed the John Anderson (Saturday Evening Post stamp) on one my cards. It's not exactly subtle, is it.<br /><br />edited to add: Does anyone else have the "Buehler Bros." stamp? Have 3 or 4 of those, too.

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Posted By: <b>Ken McMillan</b><p>Did a little further research on my w575-1 and it turns out that this is probably a Koester's bread card. R.M. Hayes & Bros company is from Hagerstown Md and E.H. Koester bakery is from Baltimore Md. The two cities are approximately 70 miles apart making the card very likely to be a Koester. The two card types are virtually impossible to tell apart and geography makes this probable.<br /><br />Kmac

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Posted By: <b>Bill Todd</b><p>Anthony,<br /><br />I have one Buehler Bros. card. It's an M116, and IIRC it's Gessler. I always figured that the stamp represented a sales agent or shopkeeper rather than the owner of the card.<br /><br />One of yours wouldn't happen to be Hobe Ferris, would it?<br /><br />Bill

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Posted By: <b>T206Collector</b><p>...and wrote to the Saturday Evening Post about it. Here's what they said in return:<br /><br />In the first half of the 20th century (and maybe the end of the 19th),<br />magazine subscriptions were sold door-to-door and distributed weekly mostly<br />by "POST Boys". These were boys between the ages of about 10 to about 14 who<br />made a little money or earned premiums (toys, sports equipment, bikes, etc.)<br />for doing the distribution. There were also adults who received the copies<br />and passed them along to the kids. I think all were called "agents". Since<br />this is a tobacco card, this may have been one of the adults.<br /><br />The Curtis Publishing Company (then owner of the magazine) was located in<br />Philadelphia until the mid-1950's. It then moved corporate to New York and<br />in the late 1960's to here, in Indianapolis. If the records ever existed,<br />they are long gone. I assume the address was probably Mr. Anderson's home.<br />Perhaps, the county clerk for Bath, PA could give you some history of the<br />address.<br /><br />There are several books on the history of the Curtis Publishing Company and<br />The Saturday Evening Post. You should be able to find them at you local<br />library.<br /><br />Dwight E. Lamb<br />Production Manager<br />The Saturday Evening Post<br />1100 Waterway Blvd.<br />Indianapolis, IN 46202-2156<br /><br><br>_ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ <u> </u> _ _ <br /><br />Visit <a href="http://www.t206collector.com" target="_new" rel="nofollow">http://www.t206collector.com</a> for signed deadball card galleries, articles and more!