Posted By:
Mike ErnstLeon--
Great stuff!! I'm privileged to have not thrown away correspondence that I had with Rich Egan, Lionel Carter, Nagy, and others from the early 1970's which certainly doesn't go back as far as yours. It's fun to read that kind of stuff--e.g. the letter from Egan indicating that my Hindu T-205 was the first ever reported to him, and that he would begin adding that to his checklist.
We owe a debt of gratitude to those pioneers who, like many of us, did this because of their love for the game and for the cards. The hobby was a bit short of commercialized back then, wasn't it?