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Monday, July 10, 2023

Year: 1954-55

Set: Cincinnati Redlegs Postcards (Rate)

“ Funny coincidence, the comments for this card opened for comments on July 3rd, the same postmark date on the back of this postcard. ” -mrackar

“ Even though some members can't get beyond the "trading card" name of the site, cataloging items like this one are of great value to some collectors. In the past, there MIGHT be a listing for a set like this in one of the printed almanacs, but without the ability to see a picture of the actual card, many questions would remain unanswered. It's not tough to find a checklist of 1988 Topps baseball. This site is the "go-to" place for detectives trying to identify items like this. And there is tremendous value in that. Also, RIP Hobie. (He passed away earlier this year.) ” -Dave Sosidka

“ This is cool. I wish this was in my collection. ” -tinyshogun

“ "Redlegs" -- they could not be "Reds" because that implied communism. Love the card. ” -cjjt

“ It's like looking into a piece of history. ” -Theron_Nett

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captkirk42

Posts: 2269
Joined: May 2011

Monday, July 10, 2023 9:38 AM

Missed seeing this one. For some reason at work last Monday I couldn't connect to the database.Shame because I really like this postcard. It is fun to see pre-zip codes addresses and phone numbers with the letters in the numbers as extentions.

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Onemorepoint

Posts: 1446
Joined: Apr 2014

Monday, July 10, 2023 2:26 PM
It's cool, but I didn't realise postcards were trading cards, or that we could upload ones which were 'used'

vrooomed

Posts: 14956
Joined: Dec 2012

Monday, July 10, 2023 3:22 PM

"I didn't realise postcards were trading cards"

Just like with any "other collectible" that is not a trading card, there are rules in place to determine the eligibility of these items.

"I didn't realise ... that we could upload ones which were 'used'"

The images of them should be clean, without writing, and when images are uploaded with such alterations, they will be (and in this case they all are for this set) tagged for easy replacement with scans of clean cards. In the meantime, it is better to have good scans of "used" cards than no scans at all.

Onemorepoint wrote:

It's cool, but I didn't realise postcards were trading cards, or that we could upload ones which were 'used'

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-- Dan --

Note: Please see my profile for more info regarding trading (section updated 3/4/2024). I have added a large portion of my inventory to the site, and currently have trading turned on (details are in my profile).

Dave Sosidka

Posts: 304
Joined: Sep 2011

Monday, July 10, 2023 4:22 PM
I'm going to doubt many "clean" cards exist. These cards were made to be signed and mailed to fans back in the day. Edited on: Jul 10, 2023 - 4:25PM

eric phillips

Posts: 129
Joined: Mar 2022

Monday, July 10, 2023 5:47 PM
red stockings evolved to red legs.(or vice versa, right). I'm from Dayton, so I hope I got it right.

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