19c Baseball Postal Covers

[GaryPassamonte]

I don't have any, but I really like them. One has a motif similar to this ribbon.

[Michael Peich]

Gary--That's a beauty from the mighty Unions BBC. Wish it were represented on a cover! Thanks for sharing.

Cheers,
Mike

[vintagesportscollector]

Mike - I don't have any baseball themed (I have a few general Spalding sporting goods), but those are very cool. I especially like the Goldsmith envelope. I look for these early advertising envelopes at Paper Shows, but haven't come across any baseball themed that were reasonably priced.

[steve B]

I have one that mentions baseball goods, I'll scan it in the next couple days.

A few other potential sources come to mind.

http://www.siegelauctions.com/

Has a search feature that covers all their auctions back into at least the 70's. I've never tried searching for baseball related covers, but it's worth a try.

the Frajola message board run by Richard Frajola is sort of like this place, just with a horrid bit of board software. But a lot of the guys that know "stuff" are on there. I've never joined formally, but read it fairly often. The site owner is a dealer in postal history - covers to the rest of us- and may be able to find covers for you. He may also be a *little bit pricy* (As in there's probably some really expensive stuff out there and a lot of that gets sold through connections like him)

http://www.philamercury.com/board.php


Steve B

[Michael Peich]

Thanks, Steve, and I look forward to your scan. Thank you, too, for the tips. I'll contact those two sources and hope something turns up.

Cheers, Mike

[slidekellyslide]

I know this is not 19th Century, but this team did start in 1897 and it's quite possible that there exists one with a 19th Century cancel on it. Also I don't believe the ebay seller I got this from realized this was baseball related...I also wonder if Guy Green was inquiring about baseball related jewelry of some sort since this was mailed to Kay Jewelers.

[steve B]

Here's the one I have. A shoe manufacturer that apparently did special shoes for the popular sports of the time.

Unfortunately undated. It probably contained an advertisement which went as a class of mail that by regulation didn't include a date in the cancel. The closest I can get for a date is that the stamp was issued in 1881 and replaced by one issued in 1887. The stamp is really common, and was used by some places until maybe 1890 when the new smaller stamps came out.

I can email the full size scan if you want it, 400DPI so it shows the small print well.

Steve B