Below are short bits & pieces on sportscard & baseball trading card collecting.
Please wander around the website for more info, prices, values & images
on vintage baseball, football, basketball, hockey, sport and non-sports cards.
1957 Topps Baseball Cards Checklist & Values
1957 was the beginning of the modern era of baseball cards and their to this day
standard size of 2-1/2" x 3-1/2".
Many collectors consider the 1957 set the most attractive of the 1950's sets.
Of note is a fun error card picturing Hank Aaron batting left-handed.
The error was never corrected so there is no extra value.
The set included some very neat multi-player cards and was PACKED with ROOKIES !!!
Frank & Brooks Robinson, Don Drysdale, Jim Bunning, Rocky Colavito, Kubek & Richardson
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1957 Topps Baseball card checklist, values and prices.
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1969 Ajman & Manama Official Postage Stamps
In 1969, Ajman & Manama made baseball card collector's happy
with their official government issued baseball "Champions of Sports"
stamps with 6 of the greatest stars ever:
Babe Ruth, Joe DiMaggio, Ty Cobb, Stan Musial,
Honus Wagner & George Sisler. Manama and Ajman stamps are neqarly the
same except for color and country.
The pictured notice from the Ajman post office stated
stamp sheets & sets were limited with & w/o perforations.
For an incredible website on Ajman sports stamps visit golowesstamps.com.
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1969 Ajman Baseball Postage Stamps Checklist & Prices
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For another stamp issue - click for complete:
1972 Manama Baseball Postage Stamps Checklist & Prices
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1948-1949 Leaf Baseball Cards Checklist & Values
... Babe Ruth ... Joe DiMaggio ... Honus Wagner ... Jackie Robinson ...
... Ted Williams ... Stan Musial ... Satchel Paige ... Warren Spahn ...
Man was the 1948-1949 Leaf baseball set PACKED !!!
The set was small in numbers and size with only (98) 2-3/8" by 2-7/8"
cards. With only 98 cards, the set was "skip-numbered" with card numbers
from 1 thru 168. Likely an attempt to force collectors to keep buying packs
looking for their missing cards. (49) cards are considered "Short Prints"
and there is one variation card #136: Full Sleeve/Short Sleeve (error)
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1948-1949 Leaf Baseball checklist and prices
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How long have sports cards been around ? (part 1)
The first baseball trading cards date back to 1869. For many years,
baseball cards were packaged in packs of tobacco as a way to increase sales
the same way that today prizes are packaged in boxes of cereal.
In the 1920's and 1930's, candy and gum companies started packaging baseball
cards in their products as well.
Baseball card production was virtually halted in the early 1940's due to paper
shortages created by World War II. The "Modern Era" of baseball cards began in
1948 when Bowman Gum Inc. offered one card and one piece of gum in a pack for a penny.
The first important football set was the Mayo set featuring college players
in 1984. Other than the 1935 National Chicle set no other key football set was
issued until 1948 when noth Bowman and Leaf produced sets.
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