Lot # 486: 1913-1914 Japanese World Tour Postcard John McGraw PSA EX 5 - The ONLY PSA-Graded Example!

Graded EX 5 by PSA. This is the ONLY example ever graded (at any level) by PSA! Scarce postcard featuring John McGraw from the Japanese leg of the 1913-1914 World Tour. The tour was organized by Charles Comiskey, owner of the White Sox, and McGraw, manager of the Giants. Utilizing players from each club, as well as a few extra players from other teams, the tour began on October 18th in Cincinnati and saw the tourists play 30 games in 30 days while traveling west across the United States, including games in Iowa, Kansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, Texas, Arizona, California, and Oregon. The tourists then departed from Victoria, British Columbia, for Tokyo on the R.M.S. Empress of Japan. The overseas portion of the tour began on December 3, 1913, in Yokohama, Japan, and concluded on February 28, 1914, in Queenstown, Ireland. The tourists returned home on the Lusitania on March 6th, arriving in New York where they were given a royal reception. Little is known about the issue itself, although the same image of McGraw is also used on his M101-2 Sporting News premium. The postcard (3.5 x 5.5 inches) displays superb clarity. The reverse has never been written on or mailed. An outstanding sample.