Let's see some postcards

[bcbgcbrcb]

Love the Josh postcard, Ken!

[Matt]

Oversized Black Sox:

[Jacklitsch]

"Btw- Steve - who are the players with the auto?"

Don't really know. I thought one of the fellows looked like a young WaJo but haven't done much research to confirm or refute.



Nice RPPC regardless.

[Hankphenom]

Originally Posted by Jacklitsch

"Btw- Steve - who are the players with the auto?"

Don't really know. I thought one of the fellows looked like a young WaJo but haven't done much research to confirm or refute.



Nice RPPC regardless.

Not WaJo.

[triwak]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Love the Josh postcard, Ken!

Thanks, Phil. Nice 1914 White Sox PC!

[HRBAKER]

C Gehringer



Goose Goslin

[glenv]

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3 page fold out PC:

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[RCMcKenzie]

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[DixieBaseball]

A lot of really nice PC's everyone!

[RCMcKenzie]

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[Jacklitsch]

Nice Ullman Cubs card Glen!

[Greenmonster]

Fantastic postcards guys....wow....this has been a lot of fun for me. I collect primarily postcards, ballparks mostly. One reason I enjoy collecting postcards, as shown in many posts here, at some point you'll have a "one of a kind" item.

[paul]

Imperial Chocolates postcard from Cuba.

[ThomasL]

Just was given this nice rppc of Nebraska players...dont know if this was an all-star team or what...any Nebraska experts out there are free to chime in

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by ThomasL

Just was given that nice rppc of Nebraska players...dont know if this was an all-star team or what...any Nebraska experts out there are free to chime in

Looks like probably a barnstorming or all star type game filled with players from the Nebraska State League and the Western League in 1912. The player third from right with the antelope on his uniform is a Lincoln player. Lincoln played their home games at Antelope Park. Too bad he is looking down or I may have been able to identify him. Ty Cobb's brother Paul played on that 1912 team.

[T206Jim]

Rick, here is the companion piece to your Walk-Overs team shot. Nice to see the 1909 postmark on yours. Looks like different uniforms, but the same backdrop.

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[ThomasL]

Originally Posted by slidekellyslide

Looks like probably a barnstorming or all star type game filled with players from the Nebraska State League and the Western League in 1912. The player third from right with the antelope on his uniform is a Lincoln player. Lincoln played their home games at Antelope Park. Too bad he is looking down or I may have been able to identify him. Ty Cobb's brother Paul played on that 1912 team.

Thank you Dan, that was the uniform I couldnt really pinpoint.

[garymc]

New York Highlanders........

[Yoda]

Perhaps "Hippo" Vaughn can tell us what, if anything, Scotsman wear under their kilts.

[Giode]

A few of mine I'm picked up over the years...

[Brian Van Horn]

Yes, I am this far off the beaten path:

[JackR]

He’s not old. Not poppin a plug of tobacco. Not worth $3M. Just a down and dirty ball player.

[Fred]

Just curious - What are your opinions on postal cancellations on the post cards?

I like seeing the date/city where the post card was used. What' really nice are cancellations for different dates with baseball historical significance.

Does anybody know how widespread "fake" cancellations are? This is the part that sucks - you find a neat niche and somebody has to figure out a way to capitalize on it and screw things up.

What's the best way to try to determine if a postal cancellation is "faked"?

Perhaps I should just start a new thread on that topic. Holy cow - I didn't realize this thread is over 1750 posts - wow!

[rickalaska]

Originally Posted by Fred

Just curious - What are your opinions on postal cancellations on the post cards?

I like seeing the date/city where the post card was used. What' really nice are cancellations for different dates with baseball historical significance.

Does anybody know how widespread "fake" cancellations are? This is the part that sucks - you find a neat niche and somebody has to figure out a way to capitalize on it and screw things up.

What's the best way to try to determine if a postal cancellation is "faked"?

Perhaps I should just start a new thread on that topic. Holy cow - I didn't realize this thread is over 1750 posts - wow!

Good question - I like a postmark because it can identify the team, give you a starting point for research, and help justify the results.

Forgery schemes are for profit - the postmark and the stamp add nostalgia, but as far as value, I can't recall seeing a postmarked card grading higher than - "Authentic" - "1" or "1.5" by any grading company - probably because this feature could be faked and/or is not part of the original card. Those seem to be the automatic "default" grades for mailed cards.

In our hobby, the higher the grade, the higher the value - thus, it makes more sense not to postmark or add writing to a postcard.

Where I could see something like this being done, are for historic events - like a postcard of the Titanic being mailed the day of departure... I would guess those are the postcards that should be scrutinized most.

[rickalaska]

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