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For the Baseball Hobbyist. . .
Historically Significant Individually Numbered Limited Edition Postcard
#91 - 1940 Miami Ethopian Clowns: Felix "Chin" Evans, Peanut Davis, George Brown, Albert "Buster" Haywood and several others (see reverse of card for complete list)
Series 2 postcard issued in 1992 by R.D. Retort Enterprises
Increasingly popular among collectors and serious baseball fans desiring vintage replicas of their favorites are postcards picturing greats, near-greats, journeymen and part-time players who appeared in the old Negro Leagues when Major League Baseball was a segregated game.
This individual postcard is from a scarce complete 100 postcard series depicting players, teams and game action of the old Negro Leagues. Each card is individually numbered 0503 of 10,000 sets with that number imprinted on the back of this card. (Our personal experience selling these 2nd series cards for more than a decade indicates the actual production may have been closer to 1,000 rather than 10,000 sets.)
Issued in 1992 by R.D. Retort Enterprises, the Negro League Legends postcards are not reprints in the strict sense of the term. ("Commemoratives" is a better descriptive.) Actually, most are original cards issued many years after the Black Leagues closed up shop. The players, their uniforms and equipment, and even the partial views of stadia sometimes seen in the background provide the collector with the briefest glimpse of that time long ago. It should be further noted that no Negro League card set was ever issued in the United States while the black leagues were in operation.
Each card measures 3-1/2" by 5-1/2" in size, features a nice sepia photograph and usually provides basic information about the player, team or scene on its post card reverse.
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Condition: Excellent-Plus/Near Mint or better - check the high-resolution scans, front and back. Note: a blue background has been used to assist in evaluating the card corners and edges. This card was taken directly from a factory-sealed set.
Following is a checklist of the 100 cards contained in R.D. Retort's 1992 Negro League Legends (Series 2). Only the card in the listing title is offered in this listing.
#1 Frank Barnes ~ 2 John L. Bissant ~ 3 Garnett E. Blair ~ 4 Jim "Fire Ball" Bolden ~ 5 Luther H. Branham ~ 6 Sherwood "Woody" Brewer ~ 7 Jimmy Dean~ 8 Frank Duncan, Jr. ~ 9 Wilmer "Red" Fields ~ 10 Harold "Beebop" Gordon 11 Bill Greason ~ 12 Acie "Skeet" Griggs ~ 13 Napolean Gulley ~ 14 Ray Haggins ~ 15 Wilmer Harris ~ 16 Bob Harvey ~ 17 Jehosie Heard ~ 18 Gordon "Hoppy" Hopkins ~ 19 Herman "Doc" Horn ~ 20 James "Sap" Ivory ~ 21 Henry Kimbro ~ 22 Milfred "Rick" Laurent ~ 23 Ernest "The Kid" Long ~ 24 Frank Marsh ~ 25 Francis "Fran" Matthews ~ 26 Jim McCurine ~ 27 John Mitchell ~ 28 Lee Moody ~ 29 Rogers "Shape" Pierre ~ 30 Nathaniel "Nat" Pollard ~ 31 Merle Porter ~ 32 William Powell ~ 33 Ulysses A. Redd ~ 34 Harry "Lefty" Rhodes ~ 35 DeWitt "Woody" Smallwood ~ 36 Joseph B. Spencer ~ 37 Riley A. Stewart ~ 38 Earl Taborn ~ 39 Ron Teasley ~ 40 Joe Wiley ~ 41 Walter "Buck" Leonard 1945 ~ 42 Homestead Grays vs. Baltimore Elite Giants 1945 ~ 43 Homestead Grays vs. Kansas City Monarchs 1945 ~ 44 Homestead Grays 1948 ~ 45 Pittsburgh Crawfords 1928 ~ 46 Pittsburgh Crawfords 1935 ~ 47 Kansas City Monarchs 1942 ~ 48 John "Buck" O'Neil & William "Dizzy" Dismukes 1948 ~ 49 Chicago American Giants 1942 ~ 50 Nashville Elite Giants 1935 ~ 51 Baltimore Elite Giants 1941 ~ 52 Birmingham Black Barons 1948 ~ 53 Birmingham Black Barons 1959 ~ 54 Memphis Red Sox 1954 ~ 55 Indianapolis ABC's 1923 ~ 56 Harlem Globetrotters 1948 [Ulysses A. Reed, Sherwood "Woody" Brewer, Jesse Williams, Herb Simpson] ~ 57 Harlem Globetrotters 1948 [Alfonso Dunn, Rogers "Shape" Pierre, Eugene "Mulute" Hardin, Paul Hardy] ~ 58 Bismark Barons 1955 ~ 59 Culiacan 1952 ~ 60 Santruce 1947 ~ 61 Pittsburgh Crawfords 1928 ~ 62 Pittsburgh Crawfords 1932 ~ 63 Pittsburgh Crawfords 1935 ~ 64 Homestead Grays 1937 ~ 65 Homestead Grays 1938 ~ 66 Homestead Grays 1940 ~ 67 Homestead Gray 1945 team ~ 68 Homestead Grays 1948 [team] ~ 69 Kansas City Monarchs 1932 ~ 70 Kansas City Monarch 1934 ~ 71 Kansas City Monarchs 1941 ~ 72 Kansas City Monarchs 1946 ~ 73 Chicago American Giants 1950 ~ 74 Memphis Red Sox 1949 ~ 75 Birmingham Black Barons 1946 ~ 76 Birmingham Black Barons 1948 ~ 77 Birmingham Black Barons 1951 ~ 78 Birmingham Black Barons 1954 ~ 79 St. Louis Stars 1931 ~ 80 Newark Dodgers 1935 ~ 81 Brooklyn Eagles 1935 ~ 82 Newark Eagles 1946 ~ 83 Philadelphia Stars 1939 ~ 84 Philadelphia Stars 1946 ~ 85 Philadelphia Stars 1949 ~ 86 Nashville Elite Giants 1935 ~ 87 Baltimore Elite Giants 1939 ~ 88 Baltimore Elite Giants 1949 ~ 89 Cleveland Buckeyes 1947 ~ 90 Cincinnati Tigers 1936 ~ 91 Miami Ethiopian Clowns 1940 ~ 92 Indianapolis Clowns 1944 ~ 93 Indianapolis Clowns 1948 ~ 94 New York Cubans 1943 ~ 95 Harlem Globetrotters 1948 ~ 96 House of David 1938 ~ 97 E. T. Community 1926 ~ 98 Bismark Giants 1935 ~ 99 American All-Stars 1945 ~ 100 New York Stars 1949
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