Hello All,
I bought this on the bay a few days ago.
I got the pic today.
I'm torn because the pic has excellent clarity and has an older feeling paper quality, but the stamp doesn't match.
The Press stamp is United Press International. According to Fogel and Yee's book, those two companies didn't join until 1958, so the stamp is from after then.
Also, the uniform looks to be from the 1927-1930 time frame, when they wore "Yankees" across the chest and not "New York."
This means that the writing on the back is also not accurate. Could the writer have meant 1928?
Do you think it still could be original or Type 1? Is it possible it wasn't stamped originally?
Any other thoughts?
The seller is new, but he did insure it on his dime and he will accept returns in three days.
Any help is appreciated. Thanks all in advance,
Mark
