T206 tannehill with f stamped on back

[RCMcKenzie]

Chris and Jason, It was not my intention to offend. I should have used a different subject for my mythical analogy like the events surrounding Jupiter's daughter Fortuna or some other non-religious character.

My only goal was to understand how an Obak card was found in a collection that was supposedly stamped in the rural Northeast.

Peter is saying it is "accepted", but would SGC put "Fitzgerald collection" on the label if you requested it?

From the story, the thousands of F stamp cards were re-released into the collecting world in the 1960's. If that is the case I would expect to see many more of these circulating around. I would also expect the veteran dealers from the 1960's to know every detail of the Fitzgerald stamp.

[peterose4hof]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

Chris and Jason, It was not my intention to offend. I should have used a different subject for my mythical analogy like the events surrounding Jupiter's daughter Fortuna or some other non-religious character.

My only goal was to understand how an Obak card was found in a collection that was supposedly stamped in the rural Northeast.

Peter is saying it is "accepted", but would SGC put "Fitzgerald collection" on the label if you requested it?

From the story, the thousands of F stamp cards were re-released into the collecting world in the 1960's. If that is the case I would expect to see many more of these circulating around. I would also expect the veteran dealers from the 1960's to know every detail of the Fitzgerald stamp.

No problem. I figured you weren't trying to be malicious. That's why I responded in the kindest way I could think of.

[arc2q]

Originally Posted by RCMcKenzie

From the story, the thousands of F stamp cards were re-released into the collecting world in the 1960's. If that is the case I would expect to see many more of these circulating around. I would also expect the veteran dealers from the 1960's to know every detail of the Fitzgerald stamp.

It is quite possible the number of examples of the F-stamp is in the thousands. Most likely they reside in collections without the owner realizing the potential provenance and, thus, not avertising or discussing it. I have no idea if the stamp is really Fitzgerald's or not...but I want very much for it to be true. I have one I picked up cheap years ago with no idea what the stamp meant. It was not advertised as anything special and I thought it was just a beater with a mark on it. Now that their is an inkling of merit to the story of the stamp's provenance I hope the hobby can collectively do the research to prove it one way or the other. I don't care about the value so much as the unique story behind the card. I am sure there are many hundreds of others out there that have them but have no idea what it means until more research is conducted.

But I would disagree that we should expect the details to be known because these were released to the hobby in the 60s. Clearly knowledge about the T206 set was sorely and surprisingly spartan for many decades despite the prevalence of examples in circulation. Not having an explanation already does not conclusively disprove the theory that these came from F. Scott Fitzgerald -- it merely adds to the mystery.