T206: Show us your "Marks"

[sandmountainslim]

Originally Posted by Jason Carota

Definitely looks like the stamps could have come from the same owner:



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I may have a purple star from that original owner also. Looks the same?

[Ladder7]

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[DixieBaseball]

Ok - I love this card as some ole time collector, followed Gabby's career from start to finish on the reverse. Gabby's Minor League & Major League History all included on the reverse as well as a 1 year stint in the Army in 1918 :
03 - Hopkinsville, Ky
04 - T. H. (Terre Haute, In.)
05 - Boston
06 - 07 San Francisco
08-11 - Washinton
12 - N.Y. American
13-14 - Chattanooga
15-17 - Nashville
18 - Army ? (out of baseball)
19 - Nashville
21 - Suffolk
22-23 - Joplin
24-25 - Muskogee
26 - Augusta
27 - Columbia
28 - Knoxville
31-33 - St. Louis - Nat'l
34-35 - Mission (PCL)
36-37 - St. Paul
38 - St. Louis - American

[dog*dirt]

Another Baker stamp

[rp12367]

Have to many to count, I was at one time buying all I could find, a PSA (MK) was my calling card. I have countless date stamps, quite a few Beantown squares, and other odds and ends. I guess it goes back to my stamp collecting days, I loved SON fancy cancels, date stamps, etc. First scan is my only T210 backstamped, would love to get some more T210's, if you have any PM or e-mail me. Thx

[Anthony S.]

Always had a soft spot for this "Saturday Evening Post" stamp.

[cfc1909]

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[Den*nis O*Brien]

I don't think the "AB" stamp has been shown yet. The Willie D. marked card turned up years ago in Arlington Heights Il. A bit off the focus... I have some Zeenuts with typewriter mark "Jack Donovan".

[t206hound]

If anyone is pursuing Lloyd Bolton stamped cards, send me a message. I have a lead for you.

[Texxxx]

Originally Posted by t206hound

If anyone is pursuing Lloyd Bolton stamped cards, send me a message. I have a lead for you.

I have thought about starting to actively. Just need to make up my mind if I want to. I got 10 of them in a large lot I bought a year ago.

[Runscott]

Do we know anything about the 'FS' typewritten letters? Was that what F Scott used when he didn't have ink for his rubber 'F' stamp?

[Vintagecatcher]

Here's one on a 1910 Obak back:


Patrick

[alsup2311]

[atx840]

There is a matching Heinie Wagner owned by a board member. Hoping to pick it up one day.

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[sandmountainslim]

Just bought this one "John H Maher"

[cfc1909]

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[martin neal]

These are the only "Smiths " I have ever seen. All 150 series. Hopefully, there are others.

[2dueces]

I also have, had a Russell W Seward stamped T206. I just traded it for another F.F. Baker stamped back. So my collection of Bakers has grown to 9 from 4 in 3 days thanks to 3 different board members. Isn't thus little group of nerds that collect pictures of dead men a great little community? I thank everyone for looking out for Baker stamps. Maybe some day I can put most of his collection back together 100 years after he stamped them as his. Pretty cool if you asked me, but I'm easily amused.

[lesliewestbrook]

Here's a T-206 Tommy Leach signed on the back by former 19th Century big leaguer (albeit briefly) Charles (Chas.) Kelly. The second photo is an enhanced version so that the writing is a little easier to make out. Looks like he wrote his address on the card. I discovered that this location is a few blocks from where he may have played.






Here's Kelly (from REA website):

[ZernialFan]

Someone figuring their budget on back?

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[Runscott]

Another one of those 'FS' cards:

[sb1]

Originally Posted by 2dueces

Eric, I own the Chesbro and Griffith portraits plus Mattern portrait and Engle batting. One clearly lists his address as 1318 Mosby St. So far only one that has a 150 Piedmont stamp has surfaced. ( I'm sure that can be easily dispelled with all the collectors here). All the rest seen are 350 or 350-460 series Piedmont. Now here is where my memory gets a bit fuzzy as I did the research 5 years ago and had a memory back then. He either lived in Portland or Seattle and was 12 years old in 1911. My thoughts are someone in the family smoked piedmonts, young F.F. saw the Chesbro 150 in a box on dad's dresser from 1909 and got the bug and started saving by the time the 350's were printed. Pack or 2 a day habit and young F.F. amassed a couple hundred quickly. Maybe stamping them so buddy's could get together and admire each others collections without mixing them up. Of course I have no way of proving this but that's the story I like to believe when I look at them. I believe there are 100's of his cards out there. He did live a long life so I don't think he was the one puffing away on the cancer sticks.

Joe and others,

I did a little checking on F.F. Baker, he was born Frederick Frank Baker Jan 25 1903 and died November of 1973 in Richmond, Virginia. It appears he lived in the Richmond area his entire life. He and his family are at 1318 Mosby in 1930, prior to 1920 it was known as Mechanicsville Turnpike, but the house number was still 1318. His father owned a grocery store in 1910 and 1920 according to census data, presumably it may have been at the same location. Thus he probably had easy access to cigarette cards from the customers.

One of these two buildings is the store, I am pretty sure it's the gray two story.

one.http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&cl...ed=0CB8Q8gEwAA

[dog*dirt]

Very nice work on the research. Looks like a nice neighborhood.

Originally Posted by sb1

Joe and others,

I did a little checking on F.F. Baker, he was born Frederick Frank Baker Jan 25 1903 and died November of 1973 in Richmond, Virginia. It appears he lived in the Richmond area his entire life. He and his family are at 1318 Mosby in 1930, prior to 1920 it was known as Mechanicsville Turnpike, but the house number was still 1318. His father owned a grocery store in 1910 and 1920 according to census data, presumably it may have been at the same location. Thus he probably had easy access to cigarette cards from the customers.

One of these two buildings is the store, I am pretty sure it's the gray two story.

one.http://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&cl...ed=0CB8Q8gEwAA

[2dueces]

Great research. Thanks for the facts. My Portland theory was debunked in an earlier thread. My memory as how I thought that eludes me but we did track him down to Virginia. I never did know his full name or that his family owned a grocery store. Young Fredrick sure did have access to a steady supply of T206's. Can we see him standing at the counter as customers bought packs and asking for the card? Or maybe dad told his customers his son was a collector. What a great story. Maybe someday as Paul Harvey might have said, I'll know the rest of the story. Still hunting more for the collection.

[2dueces]

Originally Posted by Vintagecatcher

Here's one on a 1910 Obak back:


Patrick

I just traded a T206 with Russell's stamp on it to another collector for a baker stamp. Seems Russell collector more than just one issue.

[tedzan]

In New Hampshire 22 years ago, I picked up an original complete N162 set with each of the 50 cards stamped in purple ink..........
"E. S. Richardson. Danvers, Mass."

Also, this purple alpha-numeric stamp is sometimes found on T206 cards. I have both letters and numbers examples of this stamp
on T206's. This T206 is the Mike Powers card.


TED Z

[judsonhamlin]

I hope the images come up, but I did a little research and found that Pacpic Street was in Perth Amboy, NJ down by the waterfront near the Outerbridge Crossing and rail yards but was demolished some years ago to make way for a condo development. It was a Polish/Czech/Slavic community as well, so the Slavick name also makes sense for the street address.

Judson

Originally Posted by t206hound

I went through my old scans from 2005-2008 as I remembered I had some. I found that I at one point owned 44 different F.F.Baker stamped T206s. Kind of wish I had them back. Amongst other commons, there was Bresnahan Portrait, Chesbro, Cicotte, Griffith Portrait, and Thornton.

I also found the following, two of what appears to be from Harold Meixell (one of which he initialed twice):

[z28jd]

Been meaning to scan this for awhile. Fancy stuff at the bottom. It's not written on the back, it was stamped on I guess. Don't know what it is but I like it!

[VintageJay]

If anyone has a T206 card with an Everett Campbell stamp and is willing to sell please contact me.

Thanks,
Jay

[Big Six]

Originally Posted by srs1a

A rabbit, a cop and a wiener dog!

Is your cop card for sale?


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[brianp-beme]

Here is a fun one. Charles Borreani evidently didn't cotton being told what to do, and was also just ornery enough not to sign the damn card at all.

Brian

[Jobu]

My best MK

[MR RAREBACK]

Seeing a lot of Hindus with marks , I also have several with marks

[TheBig6]

[Howe’s Hunter]

216 then, now at 291. It has slowed down quite a bit, which is probably good. But if anyone has any Howe-stamped cards they haven't told me about already, I'd really like to hear from you. Thanks.

[atx840]

By far my favorite T206 project, well done Ed!

[Jobu]

I love it Ed - approximately how many have you added since that image was made?

[Howe’s Hunter]

There are a total of 30 more that I know exist, and I know the owners of 6 of those. The rest have been "lost" over time as they have traded hands, been part of other deals, etc. The most recent are the four Hindu-backed Southern Leaguers who were part of the Hindu run of Southern Leaguers in the last REA auction. Knew the three different owners of those four at one time, but have now moved them to the "lost" column in my data base.

Howe's known collection would stand at 321. Until some more turn up.

[Brian Van Horn]

Just reviving a three year dormant thread: