A recent poster asked "Is a Stamp, a Card"?

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Posted By: identify7

The response which was generated was not very supportive of this notion, and I imagine that my example will not be viewed any more favorably. Although it is a fun concept and endeavor for me. My analysis follows:

A card is a card.
Cracker Jacks are rather flimsey, but still cards. Are Mello-Mints?

A stamp is a stamp. You know: perforations (or none), stickey on the back - often used to mail stuff.

A baseball card is a card with a baseball theme, and more.

A baseball stamp is not a card, it is a stamp.

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I agree with that. But I have found a combination which can be anything (maybe) I want it to be.

It is a card which contains stamps with a baseball theme. Real stamps, $0.37 denomination. Semi-rigid card contains about ten stamps. Can peel the stamps off and use them for postage.

It is a card with a baseball theme.

The baseball theme is anticipated to be a CJ Jackson card. Or actually a picture of a Jackson Cracker Jack on each stamp. But not a real CJ Jackson picture, a Dover reprint.

As it turns out the USPS has a deal with a subcontractor to produce custom stamps from scans provided by the public. Im sure that there are some restrictions. But we got a set with my dog on them, and that led me (naturally) to this insanity.

In your estimation, is the resultant product a baseball card? Is it vintage? Is it real? Is it a reprint? Is it a stamp? Is this post O/T? Please elaborate.

PS. ItsOnlyCards - some of it is for fun.

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Posted By: Glen V

??? - I'm totally lost!

However, the custom stamp thing could be fun - stamps of Cap Anson, Cy Young, King Kelly, ... http://photos.yahoo.com/ph/page?.file=holiday_stamps.html

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Posted By: andy becker

my opinion, stamps that are/were produced with a value....i.e. $0.37....are stamps.
stamps produced for collecting only....ie. piedmont art stamps....are cards.
i don't think a stamp collector would have any interest in a stamp that couldn't be mailed.
kinda goes to p2's, s-74's, b18's....i consider these trading cards....though not the conventional kind.

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Posted By: identify7

Yes Glen - it is confusing - but I ramble a bit.

Anyway, the site is Stamps.Com. I would think that they have restrictions on what they will put on USPS stamps. I believe that you have to pay double the face value: 2x10 stamp sheets = $15.

A bargain if you get a fun idea.