Circa 1949 Hall of Fame Signed Government Postcards (7) - All PSA Encapsulated

Circa 1949 Hall of Fame Signed Government Postcards (7) - All PSA Encapsulated

<p>Collection of seven government postcards, each individually signed by a different prewar Hall of Fame player. All the postcards have been encapsulated by PSA, with the respective signatures certified as "Authentic."&nbsp;These cards are part of a much larger signature collection compiled by our consignor's father in the late 1940s ("The Long Beach Autograph Collection"). Like nearly all autograph collectors at the time, his main method was to write each player and enclose a prepaid self-addressed government postcard to be signed and returned. As we can see by the size of the collection, most players were more than happy to oblige. All the items from the collection are featured in nineteen separate lots in this auction, including the signatures of many prominent Hall of Famers.&nbsp;</p><p><strong>The collection consists of the following signers:</strong> Eddie Collins, Hugh Duffy, Al Simmons, George Sisler, Dazzy Vance, Ed Walsh, and Paul Waner. The signatures, scripted in either blue or black fountain pen, range in grade from 8/10 to 10/10, averaging 9/10. All but two of the cards are postmarked "1949" (two bear no postmark). All display a small piece of clear tape affixed along the base of the signature side, except for Sisler. (The tape on the Waner card covers a portion of the signature.) The Sisler card bears a handwritten note from the recipient to the left of Sisler's signature. All the cards display light-to-moderate creasing.</p>

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