1969 and 1970 MLB Photostamps Info

[Harford20]

The following are the 75 1970 unique Type 2 Player PhotoStamps by print sheet designation (the 1-7/8”x~3” (height was >15/16” & >3”) did not have “cut lines but were separate by a white margin -- cutting these stamps to the back solid outline would produce a card -- this was chancy and depended upon exact front/back printing registration):

Sheet 19 -- Lou Piniella, Dick Green, Rich Reese, Mike Kilkenny, Dave Boswell ,Al Weis, Mike Hegan, Chuck Dobson, Bob Oliver, Ron Perranoski, Bill Butler & Bobby Bolin
Sheet 20 -- Bobby Wine, Al Oliver, Ron Brand, Rudy May, Tom Satriano, Steve Carlton, Frank Reberger, Nolan Ryan, Jay Johnson, Coco Labay, Bob Moore & Bill Stoneman
Sheet 21 -- Reggie Jackson, Pat Dobson, Sparky Lyle, Andy Messersmith, Duke Sims, Bobby Murcer, Leo Cardenas, Mike Cuellar, Vern Fuller, Earl Wilson, Mark Belanger & Grant Jackson
Sheet 22 -- Bill Russell, Ted Sizemore, Bobby Tolan, Nate Colbert, Joe Hoerner, Larry Hisle, Alex Johnson, Wayne Granger, Denny Lemaster, Donn Clendenon, Fred Gladding & Jackie Hernandez
Sheet 23 -- Dave Campbell, Wayne Comer, Harold Kelly, Tito Francona, Dick Dietz, Gerry McNertney, Vada Pinson, Joe Perry, Ron Hansen, Vicente Romo, Bill Melton & Joe Sparma
Sheet 24 -- Bob Didier, Claude Raymond, Sandy Alomar, Buddy Bradford, Clay Kirby, Richie Hebner, Ken Tatum, Bobby Bonds, Ken Holtzman, Ron Reed, Carl Yastrzemski & Manny Sanguillen
Sheet 25 -- Jim Davenport, Steve Hovley & Walt Williams

1970 Type 3-- [/B](All-Star -- 1970 Baseball Stars Album Centerfold Starter Set)[/B] -- 12 tear-perforated with long dashes on backs, and all caps are airbrushed. This THIRD stand-alone issue of MLB PhotoStamps unique to 1970 is comprised of just one sheet of 12 All-Star “starter” player stamps for the 1970 Edition of the Sports Stars Album. The stamps are the same size as the Type 2 1970 stamps with the same long dash marks on the backs, but they use the same airbrushed logo photos as the 1969/70 stamps. This is the only TEAR-PERFORATED PhotoStamp sheet.

[Harford20]

In Summary

1970 MLB PhotoStamps

ALL 216 of the 1969 Variety/Type 1 (a & b) (1-7/8”x~3” (height was >15/16” & >3”) to the “cut lines) PhotoStamps cited above were REISSUED as 1970 Variety/Type 1 (a & b). They are indistinguishable from the 1969 printing (printed as the same 18 sheets of 12 players, on the same weight/color of paper) and may have been a “continued” printing although actual print schedule is not available. They were originally issued for Baseball's 1969 Centennial and then re-issued and sold throughout 1970. So, these 216 PhotoStamps should be listed in the SCD and Beckett’s as "1969-70."

The 1970 Variety/Type 2 set continues the 6 sheets of 12-player stamps with 2 exceptions. The last sheet only has 3 cards, and the 1970 All-Star Album (that held the 1970 Variety/Type 3) had an extra perforated sheet of 12 cards. The “perforated All-Star” starter set of photostamps were found as the centerfold of the “Official” 1970 Album. These “perfs” only came from this original ablum – not printed separately in any format. All 1970s are easy to tell apart when in sheet form but when cut out biggest difference is they do not have airbrushed logos.

Inexplicably, the 1970 Edition of the Sports Stars Album had spaces for 288 player PhotoStamps (seemingly logical at 12 players for each of the 24 teams), but this forced a choice from the available 303 PhotoStamps distributed in 1970. Following this format, the SCD indicates the players by team for 1970 and is an apparent non-differentiated mixture of the 3 types of PhotoStamps cited above. The Beckett Almanac chooses to list the 288 player alphabetically, also an apparent mixture of PhotoStamps.


OF NOTE:
The 12 players listed below are the ONLY players with MLB PhotoStamps in 3 DIFFERENT formats
1. The “dotted line” backs on off-white stock from 1969-70 Variety/Type 1
2. The “solid line” backs on whiter stock issued first, 1969 Variety/Type 2
3. The long “dashed line” backed tear-perforated PhotoStamps from the 1970 Album centerfold 1970 Variety/Type 3

Denny McLain, Hank Aaron, Frank Howard, Tom Seaver; Sam McDowell, Willie McCovey, John “Boog” Powell, Ernie Banks; Johnny Bench, Mel Stottlemyre, Harmon Killebrew & Bob Gibson



There you have it, “clear as mud”. You can easily see why there is often confusion and difficulty classifying these stamps.

Sorry about the small photos.

Dave

[Harford20]

Of note, as I was still struggling to get out of diapers when my father was collecting these stamps originally, the research credit is HIS. He has collected each and every album, stamp and stamp sheet of every one of these years/variations, with the exception of needing the 1969 Variety 2 (Type 2) NL West 8-Stamp page SHEETS from that album. If anyone has the 6 different SHEETS of these 8-stamps (48 stamps total) in sheets, I would like to purchase any for sale.

Dave

[ALR-bishop]

Dave--Great info. After going through it and what I have, I am missing only the 69 Variety 2/Type 2 AL East Album and related stamps. Sorry, no dupes of the NL West album and stamps, but do have them.

I was between high school and college when they came out , but did not start collecting them until later

[Harford20]

Thanks Al.

My dad read this thread and quickly noted that he is looking for the 1969 Variety type 2 AL West stamp sheets and not the NL West that I listed. Just putting that correction out in case someone has these sheets for sale.

[ALR-bishop]

Well, at least your Dad and I won't be competing for the one we need .

As you noted the smaller albums and and related stamps come up much less often. Same with the 70 Album

[BoyWonder089]

Great information guys! I recently received a PSA 9 hand cut pairing of the 1969 Killebrew/Odom pairing as a gift. I really appreciate all the research you guys have done as I was looking for more information on what they were originally used for. I think I will now be looking to pick up an album to complete the complete the collection story...