1911 Philadelphia Athletics postcard, anyone seen this one before

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

That looks like Eddie Gaedel on the right end.

A few years off, wrong team, and probably a tad too tall for Eddie!

[FourStrikes]

add one more to the Net54 pop report.

[GasHouseGang]

Funny, it kind of looks like someone might have taken the stamp and left the card! It's nice to see a postmark so you know it was actually out in the year listed.

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Funny, it kind of looks like someone might have taken the stamp and left the card! It's nice to see a postmark so you know it was actually out in the year listed.

Very common for postcards to have the stamp removed...stamp collectors in the 1950-70s did a lot of damage to the postcard hobby...at least they didn't just tear the corner off. And now those stamps they soaked and tore off are virtually worthless.

[FourStrikes]

Originally Posted by GasHouseGang

Funny, it kind of looks like someone might have taken the stamp and left the card! It's nice to see a postmark so you know it was actually out in the year listed.

Game 4 was played October 24, 1911 @ Shibe Park and the October 25, 1911 postmark from Philly means the sender - according to the message - witnessed Bender vs. Matty.

thankfully, whoever wanted the penny stamp simply peeled it rather than clipping the stamp box from the card - unfortunately I've seen cards missing a chunk of the corner too many times, including the 1912 "Thorpe of Carlisle, PA" Olympic postcard in my collection.