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Posted By: Judge Dred

Joe,

Thank you for the additional information. I used a term (1889 script series) that I've heard a few times regarding the cards that had the player NAME/POSITION/TEAM "scripted/scrawled" (or otherwise inserted on the photo portion of the card). I guess this wouldn't be a subset but different variations to the cards as is the Daley that doesn't have the N/P/T anywhere on the card. I'd hate to guess how many different naming variations one pose might have in the N172 issue. This is what makes the OJ cards fun to collect. It's the never ending set that's sure to offer more surprises when more of these cards are found. There have been a couple neat "finds" within the past couple years that have landed on ebay (Jeffs Junque, RLS939YOWL). There were some very interesting cards found in each of those ebay offerings. The Oregon Find is quite awesome in itself. You have to wonder how many more little hoards are waiting to be discovered. I'm sure that each of the future finds will probably unveil more "unique" and different variations.

I guess this is what makes this issue, debatably, the most "challenging" and fun issue to collect. When you think about it the N172 issue has so much history to it and it is the one 19th century offering that can actually bring life to 19th century baseball. There are a lot of stars in addition to the 20+ HOF players (and personalities). When you hear about Dummy Hoy and others you can usually go to this set and see the player come to life.

OK, I'll stop there before people think that I actually like OJs.

Paul,

The Indy version of the card (that I've seen) doesn't have a name on the uniform.