Picked up a T218 Blank Back - anyone have other T218 oddities?

[Marslife]

Frayne ghost image for your enjoyment!

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[david_l]

[Marslife]

NICE score David!

[david_l]

Hehe thanks!

[G1911]

Jeff B. stamp on another card. Normally don't really care about who owned a card before me, but Burdick I guess is as cool as that gets. Didn't think I would win, definitely question it's authenticity. Anyone recognize the other names? If it's a fake stamp the seller certainly seemed to not know anything about that, and didn't mention it at all. I'm always a sceptic of things that can be faked like this.

This was the listing:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/JOHN-FLANAG...72.m2749.l2649

[DaveW]

Hi Greg - I guess that you and I were the only ones that noticed the stamp. I thought it might have been you that outbid me. I thought the stamp was real, but I suppose those could be faked, but there’s not enough price increase to make it worth it in my opinion, so congrats on a cool card.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by DaveW

Hi Greg - I guess that you and I were the only ones that noticed the stamp. I thought it might have been you that outbid me. I thought the stamp was real, but I suppose those could be faked, but there’s not enough price increase to make it worth it in my opinion, so congrats on a cool card.

Should have guessed your eyes would have been the other spotter! I know the Burdick stamps carry some not insignificant value on baseball but no clue if they did on cards like this. I always like adding little variants, oddities and supplemental cards to my set runs



Thanks to my friend Marslife (Cliff) for pointing out one of the other stamps is William Beyer.

"H.E. Ross" might be Harold Ross, another early contributor to Burdick's publication and one of his known trading partners.

Not sure what the "J" above Breyer's name is, but the rest of the marks appear to be poorly stamped and incomplete versions of Burdick's. I guess nobody wanted to keep Mr. Flanagan for long