1964 Topps Giants #11 Roberto Clemente [#] (Pirates Hall-of-Famer)

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1964 Topps Giants #11 Roberto Clemente [#] (Pirates Hall-of-Famer) cards value

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Autographed Gateway Cachets

Gateway Stamp Company has provided collectors well over 1 MILLION authenticated certified autographs over the last 30 years.
Silk Cachets from Gateway Stamp Company
Even though a "stamp company", Gateway rarely dealt in stamps, going down a new and creative road becoming one of the world's most unique secrets in autograph collecting combining the best in art, color photographs, history and autographs with their full-color silk cachet envelopes. Gateway's first client was Cardinals Hall of Famer Lou Brock with hundreds to follow.
WHAT ARE FULL-COLOR SILK CACHETS?
A "cachet" is a message or design on an envelope marking a postal event. "Full-color silk" refers to the delicate material into which the original art and photography are printed. After which each silk is applied to the envelope, signed by the player and then officially post-marked by the U.S. Post Office IN THE CITY OF THE EVENT !!!
WHY POSTMARKS?
The key to EVERY Gateway cachet is the postmark.The best way to mark a date in history is with a postmark. The rules governing the granting of postmarks GUARANTEE that NO Gateway issue can EVER be re-issued protecting the value of the autographed, postmarked cachets !!!

Top baseball card by Decade

Always an interesting subject. Here's one person's list:

1900s: 1909-11 T206 Honus Wagner
1910s: 1916 M101-4 Sporting News Babe Ruth
1920s: 1921 E121 American Caramel Babe Ruth
1930s: 1933 Goudey Babe Ruth
1940s: 1948 Leaf Jackie Robinson
1950s: 1952 Topps Mickey Mantle
1960s: 1968 Topps Nolan Ryan
1970s: 1973 Topps Mike Schmidt/Ron Cey/John Hilton
1980s: 1982 Topps Cal Ripken 
1990s: 1993 Upper Deck SP Derek Jeter 
2000s: 2001 Topps Chrome Albert Pujols or Ichiro Suzuki
2010s: 2018 Bowman Chrome Shohei Ohtani

Baseball card collecting terms (part D-F)

Die-Cut A special card that differs from a basic card by "Die-Cutting", cutting away portions of the card to create a special design. Most are serially numbered & limited.

Error Card Baseball card history is filled with error cards, many of them very interesting. Hank Aaron is on 2 of my favorite error cards. Aaron's 1956 Topps card action photo shows Aaron sliding home but it is actually Willie Mays not Aaron. Topps again goofed on Aaron's 1957 "reversed negative" card showing Aaron batting left-handed.

"Error Cards" are usually found early in print runs and often corrected. When this correction happens a VARIATION is created. Some variations are extremely interesting and very expensive while others are totally boring and you wonder why they were even made.

Extended Set Also frequently called Update Set or Traded Set.
They are sets issued after the original release to update the regular set with new and traded players.

Facsimile Autograph is an autograph printed on a card to show what the player's actual signature looks like. They are not "real" autographs.

Factory Set are complete sets usually in special boxes produced by the manufacturer. "Hand-Collated Sets" are sets collectors have put together card by card from packs.