c1917-18 Armando Marsans NY Americans Postcard

[packs]

I was going to say the same thing. I think you've got some kind of frankensteined exhibit. It has a Mendelsohn front complete with the same captioning but an exhibit postcard back.

[nolemmings]

If the card is legit and not a later strike using a borrowed image, then I would think it at least possible if not likely that it was issued during the m101-6 run, believed to be 1917-1920. I would not put it past someone simply trimming the larger m101-6 to fit their needs, although why they wouldn't use just standard postcard size escapes me, and the stock would be thinner than typical postcard stock. If not that, they could have used Mendelsohn's image and font, with or without permission, to create their own postcard.

I don't know why this card would have been printed after 1920 when the last of m101-6 had issued, since Marsans was finished playing in MLB, not just the Yankees, after 1918. Unless of course it is a non-period piece, perhaps a tribute set for Yankees or Cuban ballplayers.

[packs]

The back is exact to the 1922 postcards though. It most likely would have had to have been issued when they were, but the front is totally off. Personally I think it's a fantasy piece.

[the-illini]

Here is the Mendelsohn Marsans for comparison

[nolemmings]

I stand corrected on the copyright symbol being present on the Marsans m101-6. That seems to me why the image was cropped from the left--so as to remove the copyright from view. In that case I doubt Felix gave his permission.