Card Identification Forum

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yrrcwc

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Joined: Dec 2011

Tuesday, August 25, 2015 5:50 PM
Need help in identifying this card that looks like a postage stamp. There is nothing on the back that indicates who produced it.

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Tuesday, August 25, 2015 6:12 PM
Its from the 1989 USPS Baseball Legends Scrapbook. It came with an album, stamps, and baseball card replicas of the stamps. There were two versions; one with the USPS inscription on the back of the cards and one without. ------------------------------- *Someday my cards may double in value and then be worth half of what I paid for them.*

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015 8:46 AM
I don't remember these, but I really like them. ------------------------------- I'm going to reevaluate how I collect after the new year. It's just getting way too expensive for the new stuff. Sometimes I just want to buy a pack, not a whole box or even blaster.

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Wednesday, August 26, 2015 9:26 AM
At their release, probably only philatelist (stamp collectors) were aware of them. Hey, do we card collectors have a fancy name? How about "chartonist"? From the Greek "chartoni" meaning cardboard. We being the collectors of cardboard. ------------------------------- *Someday my cards may double in value and then be worth half of what I paid for them.*