1909 Obak Variation

[teetwoohsix]

His eyes in the "Port" version seem to be looking at you, and his eyes in the "Por" version seem to be looking in the distance

Clayton

[brianp-beme]

Good eye Anthony. Ok everyone, check your McCredies! I know I will be, and will post the results of my endeavor!

Seems like I remember some other cards from the 1909 Obak set that have goofy spacing between name and team...when I have some time I will post some scans of these cards for others to compare. Perhaps we can come up with some other variations as well.

Brian

[caramelcard]

Nice find Anthony! Thanks for posting them.

Rob

[brianp-beme]

Here is a scan of my McCredie...it is a 'Port.' version with a framed back. It appears that this might be the more common variety. Of course mine has a keyhole to his heart (wasn't that a Fleetwood Mac song from the 70's?).

Brian

[brianp-beme]

As I mentioned in a prior post, the 1909 Obak set seems to have some funky spacing issues in the obverse printing. I found the following three that, like the McCredie, have abnormal spacing. The Ragan and Reidy are both the frame back version, and as can be seen have a really large gap before the team name. The Mundorff, a no frame back example, is less obvious, but has more spacing between the 'San' and the 'Francisco' than is seen on the other San Francisco cards in the set. Perhaps all three were only printed this way, but since the McCredie card also has awkward spacing I thought perhaps collectors could check their versions to identify whether there might be other variations like Anthony has spotted.

Also, all of the San Francisco cards have the full designation of 'San Francisco' on the card except for the following, which have 'S.F.' : McArdle, Mohler, J.Williams, R.Williams. Spotting an unknown variation for these cards would be a long shot, as this would be much more obvious than just a missing 't', but heck, it is worth mentioning.

Brian