Minor league cards

[sealmark41]

Somewhat change in direction.

I have been a minor league card collector since the 1940's and have never cared about value, stars, rookies etc. Nor did I ever worry about whether they ever made it to a gum card.

Having said that I never collected the famous cigarette or zee nut cards of players long dead before my birth.

So...in my opinion some great minor issues include Globe Printing, Sunbeam Bread, Sommer and Kaufmann, Union Oil, Signal Oil, Demaree, Mothers Cookies, Kahns Atlanta, Montreal Royals Exhibits, Hughes Confections, National Bank of Washington, Schiebel Press, Smiths Clothes, Pureta Meats, Centennial Flour and Parade Sportive. and a number of other issues.

Hope this did not bore you and also think and hope there are others like me.

Mark K. Bowers
Sealmark

[bk400]

Originally Posted by sealmark41

Somewhat change in direction.

I have been a minor league card collector since the 1940's and have never cared about value, stars, rookies etc. Nor did I ever worry about whether they ever made it to a gum card.

Having said that I never collected the famous cigarette or zee nut cards of players long dead before my birth.

So...in my opinion some great minor issues include Globe Printing, Sunbeam Bread, Sommer and Kaufmann, Union Oil, Signal Oil, Demaree, Mothers Cookies, Kahns Atlanta, Montreal Royals Exhibits, Hughes Confections, National Bank of Washington, Schiebel Press, Smiths Clothes, Pureta Meats, Centennial Flour and Parade Sportive. and a number of other issues.

Hope this did not bore you and also think and hope there are others like me.

Mark K. Bowers
Sealmark

Not a bore at all! Thanks for the recommendations. I just did some quick searches on some of these issues, most of which I'd never heard of. Very cool. Going to have to do some more work before opening the wallet. There's a lot to unpack.

[Peter_Spaeth]

Lindor's debut was in 2015 at age 21, so he's what, only 15 on that card? LOL.

[Chris-Counts]

"So...in my opinion some great minor issues include Globe Printing, Sunbeam Bread, Sommer and Kaufmann, Union Oil, Signal Oil, Demaree, Mothers Cookies, Kahns Atlanta, Montreal Royals Exhibits, Hughes Confections, National Bank of Washington, Schiebel Press, Smiths Clothes, Pureta Meats, Centennial Flour and Parade Sportive, and a number of other issues."

Those are some nice sets Mark. I would add 1949-51 Hage's Dairy and 1952 Parkhurst, along with the 1952 Victoria set, which is really more of a Cuban set than a minor league one, although I suppose that could be debated.

[ValKehl]

I would add 1955 Old Homestead Franks:

[sealmark41]

Thanks BK, Chris and Val. All three of you are right I just overlooked some of the variables or didn't want to get too verbose.
Mark

[Peter_Spaeth]

58 Omaha Gibson for sure.