Lot # 731: Signed 1933 R319 Goudey ##165 Joe Sewell File Card PSA/DNA GEM MINT 10

Exceptional signed Goudey copyright submission card for #165 Joe Sewell from the 1933 R319 Goudey set. Sewell has beautifully signed the front of the card in blue ink. PSA/DNA has encapsulated the card, grading the signature GEM MINT 10 and certifying the card as "Authentic." This is the very card submitted by the Goudey Gum Company for recording and copyrighting purposes to the United States Copyright Office in Washington, D.C. Goudey was required to submit two examples of each card to the U.S. Copyright Office. One example of each card was returned to Goudey, the other kept by the government for its files (since destroyed). Goudey's original copyright file cards were discovered in The Great Goudey Find of 1969, when Goudey's files were discovered and sold by collector John Fawcett. The copyright cards, which collectors often for convenience refer to as "patent cards," were included in the find and at that time were dispersed to the four corners of the collecting world. Occasionally, examples surface, but all can be traced back to the files of Goudey and their sale in 1969. Each card has copyright-related ink stampings on the reverse. The date stamped on the reverse of the Sewell records that this card was received in the United States Copyright Office on September 6, 1933. Goudey copyright cards often have some condition problems, related to their use as well as to the fact that all Goudey copyright cards were handcut from sheets by Goudey. The offered card is bright and crisp with a few unobtrusive creases.