Truly scarce postwar cards

[Exhibitman]

Those are a pair of beauties, Nicolo. Here's a proof of the card:



Different card stock, different size and cut than regular issue.

[raulus]

Just when I thought I finally had something on Adam, he pulls out the proof!

Time for another: 1955 Robert Gould All-Stars Mays. PSA Pop 15.

[raulus]

I guess everyone else is giving up on this thread!

Keeping it rolling with some more of my man Mays. PSA shows just 1 of these 1957 Knickerbocker Beer Mays/Hodges. I’m pretty sure I have 2, and maybe a 3rd that is raw. If memory serves, Larry might have sold these to me on eBay.

[sflayank]

Yes I did

[whiteymet]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Those are a pair of beauties, Nicolo. Here's a proof of the card:



Different card stock, different size and cut than regular issue.

Adam:

To be exactly correct your proof is not a proof of Raulus's PC backs. The PC backs are Made in U.S.A. and your proof is Printed in U.S.A.

[UKCardGuy]

So glad to have found this one...only 2 have ever been graded across PSA, SGC or Beckett.

[paul]

Here are two more toughies from my Tom Seaver collection. These are apparently from signings Seaver did at a car dealership just before and after his trade to the Reds. (The two cards are the same size even though the scans are different sizes).

[Exhibitman]

1967 Seaver team issue:



1969 Ryan team issue:

[Exhibitman]

1946 Trading Post premiums:

[Exhibitman]

1960 Los Angeles Examiner, issued for one day:

[whiteymet]

Dick Williams name on right

Mantle in an unopened cello strip and close up of just the Mantle

[ALR-bishop]

But you are still checking Larry

[sflayank]

What am I checking for?

[REG1976]

1970 topps super Johnny Bench square corner

[raulus]

Time for some Post complete panels. This one from 1961. Basically the complete backside of the cereal box. PSA has this one down as pop 5.

[Exhibitman]

This Ryan premium is about 5 x 7 and tough as heck to find.



All the Rodine HOF postcards and premiums are rare; if anyone has any others I'd love to see them and finish the checklist:





One of a trio of really tough 1951 Hallicrafters premiums (the others are Rosen and Lemon as singles):



This one is real interesting (well, to me). The first time I found one of these, I thought it was some sort of Exhibit proof. It has the same artwork and is not a reprint but oversized and on lighter stock.



Fast-forward several years and I find another, with a very enlightening twist:



This one is post-marked in February 1948 from Brooklyn (where I guess Holmes lived), 2x signed and inscribed by Holmes. The ink on the front doesn't match the ink on the back. I am now thinking it is some sort of autograph request mail reply card that Holmes had ESCO manufacture for him.