Ty Cobb at 17?

[bcbgcbrcb]

Great idea asking for a scan of the back to help date it. If you look very closely, the stamp box on this one does not match any of the examples provided on that website. However, the undivided-back makes it a March, 1907 or earlier postcard.

[Jaybird]

Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb

Great idea asking for a scan of the back to help date it. If you look very closely, the stamp box on this one does not match any of the examples provided on that website. However, the undivided-back makes it a March, 1907 or earlier postcard.

While I agree with you for the most part, I've seen the undivided back on later postcards. I know that the USPS allowed the divided back in March 1907 but some postcards were printed after that date with an undivided back. People would sometimes draw their own line to separate the address from the correspondence, etc. after this date.

This is just a technicality and not meant to correct you but to leave open the possibility that this could be a later postcard, though I don't think it is in this case because of the "This Side for Address" line.

Of course, the reverse is true - that you wouldn't see a divided back before March 1907. So, for me, I use it as a guide and not a fast rule when I see an undivided back.