I love "Marked" vintage cards

[nineunder71]

I find that I like the back stamps more and more as time goes on.

[Yoda]

I hold an unmounted T3 Pinkerton SGC graded Cobb fielding with a Buck Barker back stamp and address; it is one of my most precious Cobbs.
Try to put a scan up this week.
Strangely enough, it is the 2nd time I have owned it.

[Howe’s Hunter]

My original goal as to get as many T206s as I could. Then I tried to break it up by getting one of each back. So I bought an affordable Hindu backed card sight unseen and when it arrived, it had a stamp on the back. Wasn’t happy about the fact the stamp wasn’t mention but it was affordable.

Move ahead almost 15 years, and while looking on eBay for any card I could afford, there was a Piedmont with the same stamp. Thought it might be kind of cool to have two cards with the same mark, bid on and won it. Came on Net54, posted pictures of the two and heard from several members saying they had one also. Within six months, I had six. A year later, I sold all my other cards and decided to collect nothing but cards with Howe McCormick’s stamp on the back.

That was in 2007, and since then, the collection has grown to 392. The latest two arrived just yesterday, I’ve not had a chance to post them in the puck-up thread yet.

But what started as a way of picking up some cheap cards (they were marked, after all) seems to have become a collecting niche for others.

No idea how many of Howe’s cards are still out there, but when I can, I’ll continue to pick them up. And the collection wouldn’t be where it is without the help of so many here on Net54. Thanks to you all.

[Casey2296]

I love a good back-stamp.
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[TUM301]

Have had 3 206`s with this exact same mark, thought it was kind of interesting.
T 206 Doolan with the embossed ? letter. F Scott by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr
Another raw T 206 with embossed ?, possible F Scott by Hugh Murphy, on Flickr

[CobbSpikedMe]

Originally Posted by Casey2296

I love a good back-stamp.
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Phil, that's a great example of the Castle stamp and on a red Cobb no less. Great find my friend.


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[JollyElm]

This is a post-war card, but the writing is quite interesting nonetheless.

In 1967, Robert Laughlin produced his own B/W set (1967 Laughlin World Series) that celebrated each of the World Series contests played up until that point. The early versions of the cards included his address on back, so collectors could send money and get the entire set through the mail. (As was pointed out to me by a member who's a Laughlin fanatic) the number written on back at the bottom is his ZIP code for the mail-away. It was undoubtedly written by Mr. Laughlin himself, and handed out to someone over a half century ago. Pretty cool...

1967laughlin61mantleADDRESSPSAauthalt.jpg

[philliesfan]

That 1968 Mantle looks like it could have been mine as a kid!

[ClementeFanOh]

I must go against the grain. When I was younger my brother used to tease me
by saying he'd enter my room when I wasn't there, and take cards from me.
I marked their backs with my initials so I could prove they were mine, and
have developed an aversion to marks ever since. Ah, memories

Trent King

[G1911]

Originally Posted by nineunder71

I find that I like the back stamps more and more as time goes on.

I own a couple of T218 pugilists with the same back stamp as your White.