1915 Postaco Stamps Set and Checklist

Posted on October 6, 2016 by Pre-War Cards

‘It’s In The Details’

Title	Postaco Stamps
Year	1915
Size	1 3/4″ x 2 1/8″
Images	Black and White
Type	Stamps
Number in Set	36

1915 Postaco Stamps Overview

The 1915 Postaco Stamps baseball set is over 100 years old and remains largely a mystery to collectors. As PSA reported a while back, a find from the 1990s has entered more of these into circulation. That has helped make them a little easier to find, but they are still unbelievably rare. As of the time of this publication in fact, fewer than 100 have been graded (combined) by both PSA and SGC.

The stamps are small and found with both red and yellow printed backgrounds (some players in red and some in yellow – not both). A total of 36 are believed to be in the set. Many stars are included in the release, such as Ty Cobb, Christy Mathewson, Home Run Baker, and others from the era.

The stamps include a black and white picture of the player along with his name. The fronts also identify each player as a hitter or pitcher. The set was not recorded in the American Card Catalog, so no ‘S-card’ designation exists for it.

Uncut sheets are pretty rare but do surface from time to time. REA had one in an auction back in 2011.

PSA and SGC have not graded many of these, per their pop reports.