In 1949, few companies were issuing actual baseball cards as the country was still recovering from the effects of World War II. But one of the more intriguing issues for collectors from that period is actually a large set of stamps that featured major league players - the 1949 Eureka Sportstamps set. About the 1949 Eureka Sportstamps Set As indicated in the name, these … [Read more...]
Pre-War Newspaper Stamps Were Baseball ‘Card’ Cutouts
As baseball cards became more popular in the first part of the 20th century, issuers and distributors became more innovative. Baseball was big business and it didn't take long for companies to figure out that offering "baseball pictures" in packages of tobacco and candy was a hit. Before you knew it, all kinds of companies were offering cards. They were found in packages of … [Read more...]
T330 Piedmont Art Stamps are Unique … and Elusive
Believed to have been issued in 1914, the T330 Piedmont Art Stamps are among the more unique tobacco issues. Even though they have are technically classified as a T-Card issue in Jefferson Burdick's American Card Catalog, they could just as easily be classified as a stamp issue. Here's more on this pre-war set that slips by many collectors. T330 Piedmont Art Stamps … [Read more...]
A Look Inside the Surprisingly Rare T332 Helmar Stamps Set
In the early 1900s, tobacco companies were stuffing packages of cigarettes with trading cards. Cards are the items that are most collected today but some companies used other types of premiums instead of them. In 1911, for instance, Helmar Cigarettes distributed packs of their product with small stamps featuring baseball players. T332 Helmar Stamps Overview The 1911 Helmar … [Read more...]
1964 Wheaties Baseball Stamps Offered Plenty of All-Stars
Baseball card collectors have had a love affair with Wheaties since the 1930s. A Babe Ruth flip book in 1932 preceded a card set the following year. By the 1960s, Wheaties had carved out its own niche among collectors. The 1964 Wheaties baseball stamp set continued the tradition of offering stars. The 1964 mail-in promotion by General Mills consisted of 50 stamps, measuring … [Read more...]
Baseball, Football Players Highlight 1937 Kellogg’s Pep Cereal Stamps Set
Pep Cereal was a long-running Kellogg's brand that was produced from the 1920s into the 1970s. Mostly, it was viewed as a competitor to Wheaties. In 1937, Kellogg's created a unique 'stamps' set for the product that featured a variety of athletes. Here's a closer look at the pre-war 1937 Kellogg's Pep Cereal Stamps set. 1937 Kellogg's Pep Cereal Stamps Basics The 1937 … [Read more...]
USPS Play Ball! Book Includes Graig Kreindler Paintings
If you don’t have one yet, here’s something to put at the top of your Christmas list. The United States Postal Service is offering a softbound book is filled with the vivid paintings of artist Graig Kreindler, whose extraordinarily detailed work captures our national pastime's biggest icons. Entitled Play Ball!, the book was first published in July and comes with the latest … [Read more...]
Print Postage From Your Computer
Making money on eBay is the fun part. Standing in line at the post office is not. Stamps.com, a provider of postage online and shipping software solutions to approximately 400,000 customers, is hoping to convince sellers there's an easier way. The company said Tuesday it will continue to enable unlimited batch shipping from eBay Stores without any service fees to new … [Read more...]