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DJ
A friend of mine collects Signed Government Postcards and essentially this is the only way to go about 'certifying' a person's premiere year in the league with the postmark matching the debut year. He's actually been doing this for like 20+ years, long after the 'death of concept of the GPC'. He has names like Clemens, Bonds and even more recent guys like up and comers B.J Upton and Jason Bartlett. He also has the most amazing vintage GPC collection including postmarked cards of Mays' first week in the Majors, a stellar Ruth that is personalized to his namesake and a Bobby Thomson signed two days before the 'Shot'.
My personal opinion, who cares if Albert Pujols (or anyone) signed something in 2001 (taking a guess at his rookie year) or in 2005. The ultimate sign of a desparate company is a series of gimmicks (do we really need to grade the balls itself?..and no adult humor about this comment) and try and replace Jimmy or do something before I see them slab baseball bats or actual human beings.
DJ
edited because I misspelled like nine words.