Brooks Robinson and the Baltimore Orioles

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Alan,

Those are some very nice O's postcards and tough to locate as well. Have you seen the postcards that you are missing?

Yes, I know what I'm looking for. Probably 20 years ago, Ed Allan, an Orioles postcard collector from Maryland, put together an illustrated checklist of Orioles postcards. A variety of collectors contributed scans of their postcards to help put the checklist together. Some old time collectors had kept good records of the years they received certain postcards, which helped to date each issue. As new postcards have been printed by the Orioles and variations of older years discovered, Ed has been updating his checklist. Ed's book is considered the bible for Orioles team issued postcards.

His website usually has the last couple years shown on it.

http://edallan.atwebpages.com/

I'm not sure if he still sells his book, but here's an example to give you an idea.

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[BaltOrioles]

Here's the second group of 1967-69 Orioles team issued postcards, from the post I started yesterday. As I mentioned, there are 148 different postcards, including variations, in the set. I have 130/148.

The postcards I'm missing from this group are Jim Frey, Woodie Held, Marcelino Lopez (variation), Dave McNally (variation) and John Miller.

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[Mark70Z]

Day 325 (November 20, 2020 – 325)

Let’s do some snapshot photos from 1969 today. The first two snapshots are from July 23, 1969 at the All-Star Game in the nation’s capital at RFK Stadium.

Day 325 a Snapshot 1969 AS RFK Stadium AL NL.jpg
Day 325 b Snapshot 1969 AS RFK Stadium.jpg

This snapshot of Brooks was taken on October 11, 1969 at Memorial Stadium.

Day 325 c Snapshot 1969 October 11.jpg
Day 325 d Snapshot 1969 October 11 back.jpg

[BaltOrioles]

Here is the final group of 1967-69 Orioles team issued postcards, that I've been sharing the last couple days. This group have the big names, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Jim Palmer and Earl Weaver. Again, I have 130/148 known postcards.

The postcards I'm missing from this group include Jim Palmer (facsimile autograph), Merv Rettenmund (facsimile), Pete Richert (diff pose), Brooks Robinson (variation), Frank Robinson (variation), Frank Robinson (facsimile), Eddie Watt (variation) and Earl Weaver (facsimile)

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[Mark70Z]

Originally Posted by BaltOrioles

Here is the final group of 1967-69 Orioles team issued postcards, that I've been sharing the last couple days. This group have the big names, Brooks Robinson, Frank Robinson, Jim Palmer and Earl Weaver. Again, I have 130/148 known postcards.

The postcards I'm missing from this group include Jim Palmer (facsimile autograph), Merv Rettenmund (facsimile), Pete Richert (diff pose), Brooks Robinson (variation), Frank Robinson (variation), Frank Robinson (facsimile), Eddie Watt (variation) and Earl Weaver (facsimile)

Alan,

Do you have a picture of the missing Brooks variation for future reference?

[BaltOrioles]

Originally Posted by Mark70Z

Alan,

Do you have a picture of the missing Brooks variation for future reference?

Mark,

It's a variation of the first three Brooks Robinson postcards.

[Mark70Z]

Day 326 (November 21, 2020 – 326)

It’s tough as a player collector, at least for me, in that I have many favorites. One of my many favorite regular issue cards of Brooks, which I believe I’ve mentioned in the past, is the 1975 Topps #50. I enjoy the out of the ordinary, so I give you a 1975 Topps #50 blank back.

Day 326 a 1975 Topps #50 Blank Back.jpg
Day 326 b 1975 Topps #50 blank back back.jpg

Then let’s go with a 1975 Topps #50 that’s slightly mis-cut.

Day 326 c 1975 Topps #50 Miscut.jpg

And finally, some progressive proofs. I don’t have all the color progressions (think I’m missing two), but here’s a few…

Day 326 d 1975 Topps #50 Progressive Proof 1.jpg
Day 326 e 1975 Topps #50 Progressive Proof.jpg
Day 326 f 1975 Topps #50 Progressive Proof 2.jpg
Day 326 g 1975 Topps #50 Progressive Proof 3.jpg
Day 326 h 1975 Topps #50 Progressive Proof 4.jpg