Postcard question - Shibe Park

[tiger8mush]

Attached are three variations of a postcard of the 3B stands of Shibe Park. The first two are mine. The 3rd is owned by someone who reached out to me and is looking for more information on it, that says "PRINTED MATTER" on the back. The postcard seems wider than a normal postcard, and he states it is thinner paper than normal postcard stock.

Anyone have any info on the PRINTED MATTER variation? Thanks!
Rob

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[TCMA]

Not sure if it helps but I’ve got one…






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[tiger8mush]

Thanks Andrew!

[Deertick]

Which is it? Shibe Park or New York? Or is that just a large group who travelled together to games?

[steve B]

I can't find the exact details, but I'm fairly sure it's because of its size and the postcard requirements at the time along with rates for different types of mail.

Postcards were 1 cent, but there were and are usually things that make them not count as postcards to the post office.
For example, before a certain date anything handwritten on the same side as the address made it considered a letter.

I suspect that being extra long, it would have not qualified as a post card, and would have required 2 cents postage. But marked as "printed matter" similar to a sales flyer, it would have still only required 1 cent.
Pretty slick work around, and if it was a generic topic I'd expect it to be worth more to stamp collectors than postcard collectors. That it's baseball takes that right out of the equation.

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by Deertick

Which is it? Shibe Park or New York? Or is that just a large group who travelled together to games?

Shibe Park

[tiger8mush]

Originally Posted by steve B

I can't find the exact details, but I'm fairly sure it's because of its size and the postcard requirements at the time along with rates for different types of mail.

Postcards were 1 cent, but there were and are usually things that make them not count as postcards to the post office.
For example, before a certain date anything handwritten on the same side as the address made it considered a letter.

I suspect that being extra long, it would have not qualified as a post card, and would have required 2 cents postage. But marked as "printed matter" similar to a sales flyer, it would have still only required 1 cent.
Pretty slick work around, and if it was a generic topic I'd expect it to be worth more to stamp collectors than postcard collectors. That it's baseball takes that right out of the equation.

Interesting, thanks Steve!