T206: Show us your "Marks"

[Tyler]

Jason,
I noticed that purple star on your T206. Is this star on my T205 Wagner possibly from the same, one time owner? Any one else have more to share?

Note: Sorry for the poor pic.

[vwtdi]

[Tim Fritz]

Jason,

I also have a T206 (Bender with trees) that has the Nelson Tisdel stamp on the back. Mine also has his sig on the back border and had been glued, but still had the backing on it. Got that off and was at first disappointed to find the stamp, but then googled the name.

Some info I found was someone with the same name came to the US with his family in the early 1900s (1906/7? - I've lost the geneaology web site link) and grew up in Missouri. Graduated from the University of Missouri in 1920 and married in 1925. Got most of that from a few google searches. There's a site that has his 1920 yearbook with class picture.

It's now my favorite T206 card. I picture a kid just coming to the US, learning about baseball and collecting T206 cards. I've seen others on ebay for sale over the years. I thought it was kinda fun to put a story together to go with the stamp. Might not be the same kid, but I'd rather not ruin my mind's picture of the story.

Tim

[DixieBaseball]

Stamp :

[T206Collector]

I won't keep it simple with a regular autographed T206 card. I'll show this one, with Fred's own commentary:

"Yes - I was a catcher first"

Always wondered why these comments weren't on a T206 Snodgrass Catching pose card. I have always presumed that the autograph seeker either included one with this one, or otherwise asked about his catching days.

[deadballera]

I have a Cobb exhibit that the back has someone's shopping list written.

Sorry..I don't have scan of the back.

[t206hound]

I went through my old scans from 2005-2008 as I remembered I had some. I found that I at one point owned 44 different F.F.Baker stamped T206s. Kind of wish I had them back. Amongst other commons, there was Bresnahan Portrait, Chesbro, Cicotte, Griffith Portrait, and Thornton.

I also found the following, two of what appears to be from Harold Meixell (one of which he initialed twice):

[Iwantmorecards77]

A match for the other "May 31st."

[rdixon1208]

Are there any T206's with the Gilliam Squires stamp? I see them time to time on Obak's but nothing else that I remember.

[thegashousegang]

Here's my contribution - it's my McGraw Portrait. It reads, "Robt Walton Jr".

[judsonhamlin]

I hope the images come up, but I did a little research and found that Pacpic Street was in Perth Amboy, NJ down by the waterfront near the Outerbridge Crossing and rail yards but was demolished some years ago to make way for a condo development. It was a Polish/Czech/Slavic community as well, so the Slavick name also makes sense for the street address.

Judson

Originally Posted by t206hound

I went through my old scans from 2005-2008 as I remembered I had some. I found that I at one point owned 44 different F.F.Baker stamped T206s. Kind of wish I had them back. Amongst other commons, there was Bresnahan Portrait, Chesbro, Cicotte, Griffith Portrait, and Thornton.

I also found the following, two of what appears to be from Harold Meixell (one of which he initialed twice):

[z28jd]

Been meaning to scan this for awhile. Fancy stuff at the bottom. It's not written on the back, it was stamped on I guess. Don't know what it is but I like it!

[VintageJay]

If anyone has a T206 card with an Everett Campbell stamp and is willing to sell please contact me.

Thanks,
Jay

[t206wagner]

A couple of postmarked cards.

[dougscats]

Here's a page full of such stuff.
I didn't realize you'd specified t206's; sorry.

I do like such cards and find interesting--they give you, your imagination, a tangible connection with the past--but I don't over-value/collect them, per se [I'd trade any of these reasonably; pm me if interested]. I've accumulated most of these simply because they were affordable.

I have several more starred 206's, and quite a few more that have been written on, some neatly, some scribbled, but I like these best. My favorites are the "32" and the pair of B.B. Gannons [I take it that's a G].

Doug

[dougscats]

Sorry, forgot to save the scans. Here they are:

Doug

[terjung]

Originally Posted by dougscats

I didn't realize you'd specified t206's; sorry.

Doug

I didn't either. I think the thread title may have changed half way through.

[Drew]

I have a T206 Piedmont Chesbro with a F F Baker stamp but the address is clearly 1818 Mosby, not 1318 Mosby
drew

[Jason Carota]

Originally Posted by Tyler

Jason,
I noticed that purple star on your T206. Is this star on my T205 Wagner possibly from the same, one time owner?

Definitely looks like the stamps could have come from the same owner:

Originally Posted by Tim Fritz

I also have a T206 (Bender with trees) that has the Nelson Tisdel stamp on the back....

Great research and story, Tim. I did some similar research on a T206 Speaker with an Everett Campbell stamp on the reverse. Now I'm trying to track down the person I sold it to, as it was my favorite card (I believe I sold it to a N54 member.)

[Bridwell]

I've seen at least 10 of those purple stars on T206's over the years. I'd say it was somebody's identication mark.

[HRBAKER]

I have several Exhibits that exhibit this on the back:



Or as Matt (Ghostmarcelle) described this in his ebay write up, "a rare Pirate back."

[joeadcock]

E107 with mark

[Mikehealer]

Jeremy
Here is the one I have with a "Lloyd Bolton" stamp.

[terjung]

[brianp-beme]

Being a low to mid condition collector I have had the opportunity to come across some interesting T206 with stamps. I like the fancy script letter on the Turner card--is that an 'F' ? The Piedmont 350-460 series Lake card has the March 10 1911 stamp...perhaps when it was first acquired? As far as I can tell the Overall was first Milton Fuegy's card until his older brother George Fuegy swiped it from him. And I don't know much about the Cobb player of the Troit team, except that its previous owner thought he was 'O.K.'


Brian

[DixieBaseball]

Originally Posted by Mikehealer

Jeremy
Here is the one I have with a "Lloyd Bolton" stamp.

Mike - I have seen many of these Lloyd Bolton stamps, and like the McCormick stamp, I wonder just who is Lloyd Bolton and was this a personal collection, etc. ?

[celoknob]

Originally Posted by Bridwell

I've seen at least 10 of those purple stars on T206's over the years. I'd say it was somebody's identication mark.

I think there are probably many more than 10. I have 2 in a total collection of only about 60.

[HTBB]

A Lionel Carter:

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[marcdelpercio]

An autographed Nelson Tisdel. Sometimes the stamp just isn't enough

[T206BrownHindu]

[2dueces]

Originally Posted by marcdelpercio

An autographed Nelson Tisdel. Sometimes the stamp just isn't enough

Maybe signed before he bought his stamp? Pretty cool.

[sandmountainslim]

Originally Posted by Jason Carota

Definitely looks like the stamps could have come from the same owner:



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I may have a purple star from that original owner also. Looks the same?

[Ladder7]

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[DixieBaseball]

Ok - I love this card as some ole time collector, followed Gabby's career from start to finish on the reverse. Gabby's Minor League & Major League History all included on the reverse as well as a 1 year stint in the Army in 1918 :
03 - Hopkinsville, Ky
04 - T. H. (Terre Haute, In.)
05 - Boston
06 - 07 San Francisco
08-11 - Washinton
12 - N.Y. American
13-14 - Chattanooga
15-17 - Nashville
18 - Army ? (out of baseball)
19 - Nashville
21 - Suffolk
22-23 - Joplin
24-25 - Muskogee
26 - Augusta
27 - Columbia
28 - Knoxville
31-33 - St. Louis - Nat'l
34-35 - Mission (PCL)
36-37 - St. Paul
38 - St. Louis - American

[dog*dirt]

Another Baker stamp

[rp12367]

Have to many to count, I was at one time buying all I could find, a PSA (MK) was my calling card. I have countless date stamps, quite a few Beantown squares, and other odds and ends. I guess it goes back to my stamp collecting days, I loved SON fancy cancels, date stamps, etc. First scan is my only T210 backstamped, would love to get some more T210's, if you have any PM or e-mail me. Thx