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Posted By: nbrazil

as someone stated above, the real question is asking whether a postcard is considered a baseball card. a post card's primary function is to be used to send a message from one individual to another. a baseball card's primary function is for collectibility. given these definitions, a postcard should not be considered a player's rookie baseball card. now, if you lax the definition a bit...and say that a post card is just as equally or moreso a collectible than as a meager tool for sending messages, then you can include post cards in the mix. of course, given that the issue was 100 years ago...the practical function of a postcard no longer should be accounted for (i doubt anyone is going tom scribble a salutation on the back of this postcard and send it to their mother)...and the postcards collectibility reigns. as a HOF rookie collector, i have a hard time deciding on post cards. some exhibits...those primarily issued during a time span rather than a single year i dont consider a rookie card since there is no factual date of its issue (for instance, the aaron exhibit that spans 47-66).

basically, a strict definition of a baseball card precludes including postcards. that's my take.