December Pickups

[kamikidEFFL]

Have a few items incoming will post when they come in.

[Mikehealer]

I wish I knew what these really are....

[LKeeler]

My latest Keeler pickup to add to my collection. I have been eye balling the Throwing variety of this issue for literally years, and finally landed one!

[GregMitch34]

Love the yellow bat.

http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1386077822

[h2oya311]

Been searching for one for years...finally!!

[calvindog]

And though not prewar, Rob D. forced this cool card on me:

[Rob D.]

I look forward to seeing the Aaron in an upcoming Probstein auction. I will be bidding (and retracting) early and often.

[smokelessjoe]

Thanks to some fellow collectors I have learned a bit about the postcard pictured below.

Translation on the front reads:

USS Cleveland vs. Waseda University Big Baseball Match Commemoration (Victory Waseda)

"The 2 cancellation dates are from the reign of Emperor Meiji (Hirohito's grandfather). The date on the postmark in the middle of the card is
October 7, 1908 - the 41st year of the reign of Meiji. The postmark on the stamp is October 4th, so 2 different post offices cancelled the card. The addressee was in Tokyo."

Also, I can zoom in and read USS Cleveland on the Jersey of the player standing in the middle of the field. The player getting tagged I can read "eda" on the jersey.

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