Revisiting the 1910 PC805 Novelty Cutlery Postcard set.

[robertsmithnocure]

Originally Posted by JK

I don't have a dog in this fight, but I really don't find this to be a very persuasive argument for dating a set. Printing errors and misspelled names were fairly common during that era. Its like asking how does an E98 Cy Young card end depicting Irv Young? Clearly Cy Young was a well known star by the time that one slipped through some less than eagle eyed print editor.

I totally agree. Players’ names were misspelled all of the time. Christy Mathewson had his name misspelled “Matthewson” during his prime.

The postcard that misspells Wagner’s first name as “Honas” is the one with the image from the 1909 World Series, so the earliest that it could have been produced was then.

So, it makes no sense to posit that a name could be misspelled in late 1909 and not 1910.

[rainier2004]

Originally Posted by robertsmithnocure

I totally agree. Players’ names were misspelled all of the time. Christy Mathewson had his name misspelled “Matthewson” during his prime.

The postcard that misspells Wagner’s first name as “Honas” is the one with the image from the 1909 World Series, so the earliest that it could have been produced was then.

So, it makes no sense to posit that a name could be misspelled in late 1909 and not 1910.

I don't find it that odd the names are misspelled, but 4 of the 25 cards are wrong including two of the first 5 HOFers. As Rick pointed out, NC is in Canton which is fairly close to Pittsburgh and Wagner and he is the only that is incorrect in both sets somehow.

But the 805s have a much more refined look to them. All the names are located on the bottom, very decorative border and publishing info added, consistent font and the 796s have none of this...but the 805s have 4 spelling errors while the 796s only have the one. And then the odd image crop on the Plank on the 796s...

[Casey2296]

In 1900, the U.S. high school graduation rate was six percent. During the 1910s in Canada, the highest level of education the average person completed was grade six.

It's not unreasonable to presume that the assistant in charge of the refined 805 set produced after the 796 may have been spelling challenged. My personal opinion is that both sets were produced by NC, I still have not come to grips with the idea of why a marketing company would not brand the 796.