The following is a summary of vintage card events scheduled for the balance of this year through the end of 2024. As seen, many of the auctions for next year have not yet been announced. For the most current updates of additional vintage card shows and auctions, see the Key Events Calendar, accessible directly from the home page of the Old Cardboard website.
| May 2024 |
| 19 | Internet |
Leland's Pop-Up Auction (see website for details). |
| 19 | Phone/Internet |
Robert Edward Auctions (see website for details). |
| 20-22 | Phone/Internet |
Hake's Auctions (see website). |
| 22 | Phone/Internet |
Pristine Auction (see website for details). |
| 24 | Austin, TX |
Old Cardboard eMagazine Release (Issue #183; website). |
| June 2024 |
| 2 | Phone/Internet |
Collector Connection Auction (see website for details). |
| 5 | Phone/Internet |
Clean Sweep Auctions (see website for details). |
| 8 | Phone/Internet |
Goldin Auctions (see website for details). |
| 13 | Dallas, TX |
Heritage Sports Auction (see website for details). |
| 21-23 | Chantilly, VA |
CSA Chantilly Show (see website for details). |
| 27 | Phone/Internet |
Sterling Sports Auctions (see website for details). |
| 29 | Phone/Internet |
Leland's Summer Clasic Auction (see website for details). |
| July 2024 |
| 12-13 | Phone/Internet |
Heritage Sports Auction (see website for details). |
| 24-28 | Cleveland, OH |
National Sports Collectors Convention (website). |
| 30-31 | Phone/Internet |
Hake's Auctions (see website). |
| August 2024 |
| 1 | Phone/Internet |
Sterling Sports Auctions (see website for details). |
| 1 | Phone/Internet |
Huggins & Scott Auctions (see website for details). |
| 4 | Phone/Internet |
Collector Connection Auction (see website for details). |
| 11 | Phone/Internet |
Robert Edward Auctions (see website for details). |
| 16-18 | White Plains, NY |
East Coast National (website). |
| 17-18 | Phone/Internet |
Heritage Sports Auction (see website for details). |
| September 2024 |
| 1 | Phone/Internet |
Collector Connection Auction (see website for details). |
| 5-8 | Allen, TX |
Dallas Card Show (see website for details). |
| 14 | Internet |
Brockelman Auctions (see website for details). |
| 19 | Phone/Internet |
Sterling Sports Auctions (see website for details). |
| 20-22 | Oaks, PA |
Philly Show (see website for details). |
| 27-28 | Phone/Internet |
Heritage Sports Auction (see website for details). |
| 28 | Internet |
Love of the Game Auction (see website for details). |
The standard (3-1/2 by 5-1/2-inch) postcard is printed in black and white with the portraits inside a black frameline and relatively wide white borders. An example S&H stamp is positioned in the center of all the portraits.
Text along the left border reads "The Two Champions" with Pittsburg Base Ball Club and "S. & H." Green Trading Stamps" along the right.
Each of the players on the postcard is identified in very small letters at the bottom of their portrait (click on the postcard image to enlarge). Of particular interest is the image of Honus Wagner, which uses the same Carl Horner pose used for his famous T206 White Border card. Horner, a well known photographer of the period, is also credited with other portraits used on the postcard.
Many younger vintage baseball card collectors may not be aware, but S&H Green Stamps were at one time an integral part of America's culture. They peaked in popularity in the 1960s (see company profile below).
The card backs are printed with a typical postcard template for mailing and use an image of an S&H stamp to fill the stamp box block at the upper right.
At least one card back variation has also been reported without the printed message block and without the S&H stamp printed in the stamp block used for mailing.
The company founded by Thomas Sperry & Shelly Hutchinson (S&H Green Stamps) began offering stamps to USA retailers back in 1896. The retail organizations that participated in the program bought the stamps from S&H and gave them to customers as reward bonuses with every purchase based on the value of the goods purchased. The stamps were then collected by customers and redeemed for a wide variety of merchandise.
The company closed its redemption stamp operations in 1999, ending its redemption program with operations that lasted more than a century. The concept survives and flourishes today, however, in the form of the countless "rewards" programs found on the Internet today.
The 30 stamps in the set were all printed on a single perforated sheet (see example sheet below). All players are shown in full-length "action" poses taken inside an empty Yankee stadium by photographer George Dorrill.
The uniformed players in the photographs are positioned generally against a green turf with a red title block at the bottom of the stamp. The player's name is printed in all capital lettering within the title block.
As seen in the example sheet at left, it contains five rows of six stamps each, along with labeling and a sheet title "New York Yankees, 1944 World Champions" centered at the bottom.
Inside the stamp perforations is a narrow white border surrounding the player image.
While somewhat cryptic, labeling at the bottom left provides some insight into the set and its producer.
The text reads: "Series No. 1, Approved by National Poster Stamp Society, Certificate No. 169, Copyright 1944 Major Leaguers, Paterson, N. J."
As further research reveals, "Certificate No. 169" was assigned to the set by the National Poster Stamp Society (NPSS) as part of an effort to organize and catalog the many poster stamp issues that were popular during the period. It was part of the NPSS Series 1 listing.
Producer credits at the bottom right state: "Kodachromes by Geo. Dorrill, Reproduced in 4-color process by American Colortype Co., New York & Chicago."
The Yankees poster stamp set was announced in the October 1944 issue of the Poster Stamp Bulletin (Volume 9, Number 5).
Shown at right, the article is printed on the left column of the bulletin's front page.
Near the bottom of the article, the price for the stamps (including album) is stated to be 35 cents. Coupon-style order forms have also been reported in the hobby that indicate the stamps could be ordered separately (without the album) for only 25 cents. What a deal (at least from today's perspective 80 years later)!
Longtime vintage collectors my recognize a similarity between this 1944 Yankees set and the 1939 Centennial Stamps series representing the centennial of baseball. Interestingly, the 1939 Centennial Set was also certified by NPSS and assigned Certificate No. 83 in their catalog. The 1939 Centennial set is described in some detail in Issue 16 of Old Cardboard Magazine (pages 36 and 37).
The 32-page album was designed in a 3-1/2 by 6-1/2-inch horizontal format. Each player stamp was placed on a separate page that also contained player statistics and team affiliations from previous years.
The album also honors the Yankee champions who at the time participated in the armed forces (see inside front cover). In addition, scoring for each game in the 1943 World Series is detailed, and a table is provided on the back cover listing all World Series champion teams going back to the first series played in 1903.
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