Lot # 1646: Signed 1967 to 1988 St. Louis Cardinals Team-Issued Postcards/Photocards Collection (276) Including Carlton, Allen, Brock, and Gibson

In the early 1950s, the St. Louis Cardinals began annually issuing postcards featuring individual photos of their players. These postcards were produced by the team to help players respond to fan requests for autographs. They have been extremely popular with collectors for many years. Since the earliest days of the organized hobby they have been treated very much as a long-running regional issue unto itself, widely collected and appreciated by many types of collectors (including postcard, St. Louis Cardinals, and autograph collectors). Offered is a tremendous collection of 276 St. Louis Cardinals team-issued postcards/photocards from a variety of different series dating from the 1960s through the 1980s, each signed by the respective player on the front. Players are listed at the earliest possible year that the card may be; some photographs were reused in later years making it difficult to tell exactly what year the card was issued. This collection consists of the following: 1) 1967-1978 (116 cards): Two R. Allen (HOF), M. Alou, two Anderson, Beauchamp, Bibby, four Brock (HOF), Burda, Campisi, Carbo, two Cardenal, Carlton (HOF), Chlupsa, two Cleveland, three Crosby, two Cruz, Culver, Cunningham, three Curtis, Davalillo, Dierker, Drabowsky, Eastwick, two Fairly, Falcone, two Forsch, Foster, two Garman, two Gibson (HOF), Greif, Harris, Hendrick, two Hernandez, Hilgendorf, Hill, two Hrabosky, Javier, two Kessinger, two Kissell (both personalized), Lee, Lintz, two Linzy, Littell, Lorg, two Maxvill, McBride, McGlothen, Metzger, Muffett, two Mumphrey, two Osteen, Rader, Ramirez, Ramussen, Reed, two Reitz, two Reuss, Ricketts, Rojas, Romano, Ruberto, two Rudolph, Santorini (smudged auto), Schoendienst (HOF), Schultz, two Scott, two Segui, Shannon, two Simmons (HOF), Sisler, two Sizemore, R. Smith, Spinks, Swisher, Taylor, Terlecky, Thomas, Torre (HOF), Torrez, two Tyson, Underwood, Urrea, Washburn, Wise, and Zeller (personalized). 2) 1979-1986 (120): N. Allen, three Andujar, Bargar, three Braun, two Brummer, Bruno, Burris, Campbell, two Carbo, Citarella, two Clark, Coleman, Conroy, two Cox, Dayley, DeJesus, three Forsch, Freed, Green, Hacker, Harper, Hernandez, three Herr, three Herzog (HOF), Hiller, Hood, three Horton, Howe, Hurdle, two Jorgensen, Kennedy, Kepshire, two Knowles, three Lahti, two Landrum, two Lanier, LaPoint, LaValliere, two Lawless, Lentine, Lewis, Leyva, Littell, two Lorg, Lyons, Martin, Mathews, two McGee, Nieto, two Oberkfell, Von Ohlen, Oquendo, Osteen, Ownbey, two Pendleton, Perry, Porter, Quirk, Ramsey, Reitz, two Ricketts, two Roarke, Rucker, Salas, three Schoendienst (HOF), Schultz, two Scott, Simmons (HOF), two Van Slyke, three L. Smith, four Ozzie Smith (HOF, one "HOF 02"), Sorensen, Stuper, Sutter (HOF), Swisher, Sykes, Templeton, Tenace, two Tudor, Vuckovich (personalized), and Worrell. 3) 1987-1988 (33): Alicea, Booker, Brunansky, Coleman, Cox, two Dawley, Dayley, DeLeon, Ford, Frosch, Herr, Herzog, Horner, Lake, Landrum, Lewis, Leyva, Lindeman, Magrane, McGee, McWilliams, Morris, O'Neal, Oquendo, Pagnozzi, Pena, Pendleton, Peters, Schoendienst (HOF), Terry, Tunnell, and Walker. Additionally includes seven cards that were unidentifiable by year/set (may be mis/re-printed). The signatures are scripted in both ballpoint and marker in a variety of different colors. Twenty of the postcards have either pencil or ink notations or other condition issues on the backs. Without further reference to the backs, the fronts range in appearance from Vg to Ex (averaging Vg-Ex), with some better and a few lesser. Total: 276 signed postcards. Auction LOA from James Spence/JSA.