I would love to see a image of a PC760 Rose Co. postcard of Tris Speaker.
Like Bill's example, the Speaker has been on checklists since the days of The Sports Collector's Bible.
Personally, I doubt that it exists since Speaker was not very well known when the set was initially issued in 1908. Plus, each of the 16 teams have exactly 12 cards in the "main" set from 1908 and all 12 subjects are known for the Boston AL team, BUT the Rose Co. did add a few players subsequently (Abstein, Isbell, Knight, McConnell, Oakes, Sebring, Spade, etc.), to their initial set of 192, so there is a chance that Speaker was issued. If he does exist, he would certainly be part of the "no team" series that was issued in 1909.
Last edited by Baseball Rarities; 11-15-2021 at 04:18 PM.
|