Postcard necesito informacion

[Roland 49]

Randy, thanks for your information.

[rhettyeakley]

Rolando, Tengo tres ejemplos de esta serie. Nunca he visto a otros y no sabia que hay un Luque.

Mis ejemplos...

[rhettyeakley]

I got the 3 examples I have from Ryan's auction a few years back.

It appears these cards were issued to show the players that had played in the Major Leagues from Cuba, I suspect they simply used the available art from the M101-6 set for Marsans and Gonzalez. They have the look and feel of 1920's postcards so I do not question the authenticity of them. Just not sure if they were issued in Cuba or the USA... the backs being in English is interesting but doesn't mean they couldn't have been made and distributed in Cuba.

[Roland 49]

Rhett, those postcards I bought in the 90s were about 70, and those of Cubans I separated them in an envelope at that time, and a few days ago I found them, the rest were from Major League Baseball players of that time, many have passed years and I do not remember if the reverse of the others was the same, and I do not know if I have the rest at the moment, what you explain is correct, you wrote that you have 3 examples, but I do not see the photos of them, if you can send the photos, greetings.

[rhettyeakley]

sometimes the images don't work on Google Chrome (at least for me) so try a different browser if you are using Chrome.

[Roland 49]

Rhett, I always communicate with net54 from my mobile and I use Chrome, now I connected through the computer and the 3 images of Acosta, Dibut and Palmero looked very good, I had not seen Acosta's, a while ago I connected to Ebay cubanbaseball and I see that a Luque Exhibit postcard is for sale, it is the same image but in mine it is seen behind part of another player's uniform, stands etc. and in Exhibit's, none of the above, all blurry, what do you think? the 2 photos go.

[Cubanball]

Saludos Rolando, I have been researching these postcards for some time. I first saw the three examples that Rhett posted when they first appeared in auction. I found it interesting that all three had the punched hole. I am including a photo of the Marsans postcard also with the punch hole. In his excellent book "Exhibit and Related Sports Arcade Cards," Adam S. Warshaw, listed a set identified as the "1922 Baseball Postcards" that pictured an example of a postcard with the same style back as the one you have pictured above and also the punched hole. Mr. Warshaw describes these as frequently confused with the "1922 Eastern Exhibit" set, since they used the same player photos and similar postcard backs, but not being Exhibit cards at all only postcards.

Mr. Warshaw explains that the Eastern Exhibit Supply Company of Philadelphia got sued by the Exhibit Supply Company of Chicago, the original makers of Exhibit cards, for infringement on their rights and name and lost. The Exhibit Supply Company then takes over their remaining inventory.

It is possible that the makers of the "1922 Baseball Postcards" were somehow related to the makers of the "1922 Eastern Exhibit" set and also made the Cuban examples to be sold to the Cuban market. In making the Cuban subset they used available photos including the two Mendelsohn photos for Mike Gonzalez and Armando Marsans. This last part is only speculation on my part.