McCormic back stamp

[T206Collector]

....of my favorite T206 side quests. Really cool stuff!

[JeremyW]

It's hard to believe you've got essentially 1/3rd of the set with that back stamp. Kudos to Ed & Mr McCormick for assembling some truly great collections. Sorry if this has already been discussed, but did McCormick collect only T206s?

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by T206Collector

....of my favorite T206 side quests. Really cool stuff!

Me too! My favorite vicarious collection.

[Howe’s Hunter]

I know because I've been approached by two owners of E96s (a total of six cards) that have asked if I would be interested in those also. Didn't know what I was getting in to with the T206s, so not about to start on another.

Out of the 173, you have to realize there are quite a few duplicates. So far, I've found four Red Ames portraits, three Grahams/St. Louis, four Elberfeld/New York portraits and I have one Lundgren/Chicago and know the owner of another. Plus a lot of others that I just can't think of and am too tired to go through the book and note them all.

But I'm just amazed at how many he must have had in the first place to have 200 that we know of still around one hundred and two years later.

[FrankWakefield]

When did you get your first "McCormick" card?

When did you decide to chase after them?

And how long ago was it that I sent you the Spade card? It seems like years to me. I really underestimated your tenacity, even getting over 100 is amazing. I doubt this could have been accomplished pre-internet.

Congratulations. And keep at it!!!

FW

[Frank A]

Hey Ed; Ive got some H E Ross Stamped back T205's if you want to start on that set. Yahoo. Frank

[ethicsprof]

great suggestion.
i have found a couple of mine with baker stamped on the back that might be
worth a go.
just teasin' ed.
great work. I think i remember one of my horizontals coming your way aeons ago.
best,
barry

[Howe’s Hunter]

Frank W., you're card (#5 in the collection) came in Oct.ober of 2007. I started the collection in May of that year.

My first stamped cad actually showed up fifteen years before that, pre-internet, and I was sort of ticked at the time becuase I was trying to get one of each back, and the Hindu I purchasd through a magazine ad didn't mention a stamp of any sort on it. When it arrived, I thought, well, at least it was a Hindu back for the collection, and wasn't too horribly expensive. Then fifteen years later, on eBay, I saw another card with that stamp and thought it would be neat to have two. I posted on her about it and BAM! everyone started letting me know they had one/had seen one/thought they remembered one... It was just a few months after that I decided to sell the almost 200 in my collection and just concentrate on Howe's old cards.

The first five were quick, then it slowed after that. Barry, yours is number 12, and made its way here almost a year after I started. It goes in spurts. None for several months, then a lot of six, or a large number on eBay at the same time. Then nothing for months. I've missed a couple recently (including a Magee non-error in poor condition that went for more than $150! go figure?) But I get what I can, and appreciate hearing from everyone if they happen to see one.

Thanks.