T206 tannehill with f stamped on back

[brianp-beme]

RC brings up some valid points and is in my opinion justified in throwing doubt into the provenance of these cards. It would be very informative to trace back the origins of the F. Scott Fitzgerald connection to these cards. Someone with access to old hobby publications, get to it!

I am the fellow that has the Obak with the 'F' stamp, and the one that originally posted the somewhat troubling issues that it raises. If indeed these cards were FSF's, then to me the excecutor of his estate stamping the cards makes the most sense, with the Obak being a card he picked up later in life (I imagine Obaks were floating around the West Coast like cheap tabasco sauce in the late 30's and early 40's, and he snagged it because it reminded him of his childhood collecting).

Of course if I were a little more devious, I could have held back knowledge of this mystery FSF card because of the other, more traditional, T206 that I own with this stamp. Foolish mortal.

Brian