No MK Mark for Honus?

[Cooper1927]

No MK mark for Honus?

http://www.psacard.com/articles/arti...tml?artid=7151

[drc]

It's okay. It was postally used.

Now that I think of it, I have a few Pre-War baseball bats that were postally used. The players would mail them back to H & B and put the mailing stamps and address directly on the barrel.

[drc]

Ps, your MK point is reasonable. Not only is there a stamp on the back, but there it appears to bleed to the front which isn't a good thing. I would think graders mark down heavily for bleed through.

Though, as far as my taste goes, a date stamp on the back is fine by me.

[Cooper1927]

Personally I have nonissue with the stamp. PSA has marked all cards that I have seen that have stamps with the dreaded qualifier.

[drc]

Whether or not one thinks it's pretty or ugly, there's no question it's a 'mark.'

[D. Bergin]

I kind of wonder what difference does it make? Is somebody going to purchase this card without looking at the scan?

[freakhappy]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I kind of wonder what difference does it make? Is somebody going to purchase this card without looking at the scan?

I think the point was that a qualifier should have definitely been present. There's no doubt someone is going to notice it before purchasing.

I know it seems like TPG don't grade accurately from time to time, but this one is an easy catch.

[alanu]

Originally Posted by D. Bergin

I kind of wonder what difference does it make? Is somebody going to purchase this card without looking at the scan?

It would make a difference on the PSA set registry, qualifers are downgraded 2 grades (I think) as far as the registry goes

[Runscott]

As an aside, the date-stamped Ames card is kind of odd in that the caption is slanted - 'Ames' starts off right at the border surrounding the image, then at the far right there is more white space between the caption and the border. Odd - haven't seen this before.

[drc]

D.Bergin, the stamp is obvious and will be noticed by bidders. The heinous crime is this all will foul up the PSA registry numbers. Someone's T206 total set grade will be 3.47 when it should really be 3.45, thus robbing someone else of the prestigious PSA Registry 5th Place Award-- a framable paper certificate and basket of scented soaps.

[drc]

Oops, I was in error. Someone from PSA contacted me and the soaps aren't scented.

[brass_rat]

Originally Posted by drc

Oops, I was in error. Someone from PSA contacted me and the soaps aren't scented.

Lol.

For what it's worth, you mentioned that the ink on the front was possible a bleed through from the back. But if you line up where the stamp ink is on the back, the ink on the front is definitely not a bleed-through situation. It's just a separate, clear ink MK.

Steve

[drc]

Maybe it would be simpler if we count the spots that aren't marked.

[D. Bergin]

Originally Posted by drc

D.Bergin, the stamp is obvious and will be noticed by bidders. The heinous crime is this all will foul up the PSA registry numbers. Someone's T206 total set grade will be 3.47 when it should really be 3.45, thus robbing someone else of the prestigious PSA Registry 5th Place Award-- a framable paper certificate and basket of scented soaps.

I shall light a candle on Christmas Eve for the poor soul who will be victimized by this horrible crime upon the hobby.