Uncatalogued 1940s Indians Postcards

[Leon]

Hey Paul
I haven't seen those before, that I remember. I do have a question though. Do they feel like photo stock or regular cardboard stock? The reason I ask is that I have seen some photo's, given out at parks as premiums, be made into a postcard with a postcard "stamp" on the back. If that were the case then they would be a generic postcard, I guess.

[paul]

Leon,

They're definitely postcard stock of the type you'd find with most "real photo postcards". I know the Indians issued some real photo postcards over the years. But I've never seen any with the block lettering on the front, and I've never seen a Greenberg. Does Dan Even monitor this board? He might be the right guy to ask.

By the way, for what it's worth, the cards all have a very glossy surface.

[Leon]

We have about 16 Dans on this board so not sure which one you are speaking of? Dan Mckee is participating on the pre-war side right now....Interesting that they are on cardboard stock but have a glossy front.

[drc]

The 'Kodak' stamp box was introduced in 1950, while the 'EKC' stamp box was from 1940-50. So they could be from different years. They are real photo postcards as Kodak/EKC (Eastman Kodak Co) only made products, including postcard stock, for photographs.

[paul]

Leon, the "E" in "Even" was intentionally capitalized. There's a postcard specialist named "Dan Even".

[Exhibitman]

There are lots of these sorts of uncatalogued Indians PCs around. I have an Al Rosen, autographed and addressed to a fan in his own handwriting, with a 1953 postal cancellation on it. Perhaps they were promos made up for fan responses?

[drc]

Movie stars, politicians and athletes often had photos made up for them for fan autograph requests or just to send to fans. This often included postcards and smaller photos. With movie star versions, they're often called 'fan photos.'