Babe Ruth Cachet - 1914 Balt. image

[h2oya311]

Anyone have any thoughts on this Babe Ruth Cachet w/ his 1914 Balt. News rookie image on it (looks like it was postmarked in 1939). Weird to see an item that used his 1914 image reprinted in 1939 don't you think??

Interested in people's thoughts on this item...and have you seen another?

http://item.mobileweb.ebay.com/viewi...id=19157477705

[T205 GB]

Baseball was a century old in 39? Hmmmmmm???

[Leon]

I was watching it. Neat item but still a commemorative type piece so I wasn't interested enough to go for it.

[t206wagner]

And he sold one with a 48 Leaf Ruth on it postmarked in 1939. How did that happen?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Baseball-Fir...#ht_165wt_1172

[rhettyeakley]

Somebody got ahold of some old plate blocks of the 1939 stamp and is creating these things. At least be smart about it... 1939 item with the image of a card produced a decade later? Criminals are so stupid sometimes!

[triwak]

Hmmm.... Something not right, here.

[Hankphenom]

These are called "Add-on" cachets, something fairly new to the hobby, I believe, where old stamped envelopes are imprinted with a new image. Cachet expert Phil Marks clued me in after I unknowingly picked up a couple for resale a year or so ago. The seller of the Ruth has a tiny "Add-on" listed under the image, although I don't know how the postmark got on there--maybe that's new, too. They are practically worthless, and the buyer of the Ruth really got hosed. These are made with the intention to deceive, I think.

[yanksfan09]

He must be dumb for using a 1948 image on that but it seems to be working for him as he raked in over $300 on that Ruth. Disgusting...

[novakjr]

I was keeping an eye on that too. I thought it was a pretty sharp looking piece, BUT knew exactly what it was.. I honestly can't believe it went for as much as it did.. Somebody is gonna be very disappointed once they figure it out...