Wanted: Several 1936-37 Exhibit 4/1's...

[leftygrove10]

Scott:

I found the third card a few minutes ago... Please check out the scan below... According to your earlier post, the card in the middle is the blue 1936 and the card on the right is the 1937. What year is the card on the left? (It appears to be about the same color as the one in the middle...)

Is there any correlation between the location of the "PTD. IN U.S.A." stamp on the bottom and the year? Based on the ones that have been posted thus far, it seems as though the stamp is in the bottom middle for the 1936's and off-centered for the 1937.

Thanks again for your help!

[smtjoy]

Hey Brad, your third card is another 1936 blue.

I just checked all my 36-37 for the location of the stamp, all 17 1936 that I have are centered, I have 4 37 that are not centered but 14 more that are centered. The 4 that are not centered are like yours with the stamp to the left. Looks to be some kind of printing variation. Here is one of mine-

[leftygrove10]

Scott:

Thanks again for your help... Here's another question out of curiosity... Of the four 1937's that you have that have the off-centered stamp, do all four players on those cards also appear together on the 1936 version? Perhaps the Exhibit Supply Company printed the stamp off-centered on the 1937's with the same players as the 1936's so we could tell the difference between them...

[smtjoy]

The 1937 NY example I posted above has Dimaggio vs the 1936 that has Ruffing instead so not the case. Nice idea thou it would have been nice if that was a way to tell them apart.

[leftygrove10]

Scott:

For your 1937 Grove, is the "PTD. IN U.S.A" stamp centered or off-centered?

Brad