Dating 1907 A.C. Dietsche Postcards by Stamp Box

[ullmandds]

Interesting discussion, I have nothing to add other than that I wish I bought more of these when they were reasonably priced. My one and only fielding pose conforms to what has been mentioned.

Mike... that article is fantastic!!! Surprising there are not more of the fielding pose around if lots of sets were giving out for free maybe McGraw never got back deitsche??

[steve B]

The postal rate won't help.

The rate for postcards was first set lower than the rate for a letter in 1898.
It stayed at 1cent from then till 1 April 1925, except for during WWI when it was raised to 2c to help pay for the war. (Nov2, 1917 to June 30, 1919.

I haven't found the exact details, but the rate for international mail of all types was stable by 1907. I would expect the international postcard rate to have been set at 2c and not changed for anything except WWI until 1925 as well.

I would expect the "place stamp here" to be earlier. 1907 was near the beginning of divided back postcards, before that one side was for the address and the other for the picture and message. Other countries like France would often have the stamp on the image side.

[robertsmithnocure]

Don’t they both say “place stamp here?”

[chalupacollects]

This website is a great reference for dating postcards....

https://www.playle.com/realphoto/photoa.php

[sb1]

The question is not when the postcards/stamp box was issued, but in which order did Dietsche issue the different backs, which have differences in the players text as well as the stamp box.

[ullmandds]

Can looking at the Cubs postcards perhaps hold any information since they were issued in 1907 as well?

[sb1]

I did and found the Cubs also use both types of backs. The only way to find out might be to examine postally examples and see when they were mailed.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by robertsmithnocure

Don’t they both say “place stamp here?”

DOH! they certainly do ..

[Golfcollector]

I have a Crawford that has his name in white text at the bottom? Any knowledge to share here about that variation?

[insidethewrapper]

Your Crawford White Name is a 1908 Copyright ? Right ? The 1908 Series consists of 20 Postcards ( 14 - White Name ) if they also had a Postcard in the 1907 Series and Black Name ( 6 new players) if they didn't have a 1907 Postcard.