T206's only? Please help me understand this 'F. Scott Fitzgerald' Obak

[Mountaineer1999]

Originally Posted by MULLINS5

Just an update on my research, I read Fitzgerald's handwritten ledger yesterday, hoping to find some solid info on t206s, to no avail. I did, however, find his September 1905 entry regarding his stamp collecting, which he described as "a passionate stamp collection" as well as his love for baseball (and other sports). He played several positions of baseball and his father was a fan as well. For instance, an August 1906 entry reads, "...father used to drink too much and then play baseball in the backyard." It's entirely possible his father was the one who supplied the cards from tobacco products and young Fitz collected them, as he did his stamps.

I read thru his journal on line a few months back , I was hoping for a mention of a baseball card or a picture of the stamp. If he collected it seems he would mention the cards if he cared enough to stamp them.

[MULLINS5]

Originally Posted by Mountaineer1999

I read thru his journal on line a few months back , I was hoping for a mention of a baseball card or a picture of the stamp. If he collected it seems he would mention the cards if he cared enough to stamp them.

I can see your logic, but it's important to know that Fitzgerald was an avid stamp collector throughout his entire life and shared this passion with his daughter Scottie. The journal was written much later in his life and the early entries are part of recollecting on things that happened decades prior when he was a boy. I don't necessarily think omitting a baseball collection means he didn't care about them or that it didn't happen. What the journal tells us is he indeed collected and that he and his father were fans of baseball.

[brianp-beme]

Mullins5--any progress yet with your contacts on your search for corroborating 'Fitzgerald stamp' evidence?

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Thought I would toss out a quarterly appeal...any progress on coming up with more definitive FSF identification?

Brian

[GregDR]

Really interested to see if any more info has been found on this!

[brianp-beme]

Unfortunately I have not heard anything new on the subject in a long time. If nothing else, it is one of the fancier back stamps out there.

Brian