Scan of Well Defined Vintage Vending Stamp

gemint

Well I located the card that has the vending stamp discussed in a previous thread. This one is pretty bold and well defined. The card received an unqualified 8. Anyone else have cards with these stamps on them? It would be interesting to see if there was any variation in the stamp design. I'll see if I have any more.

gaspipe26

John,
I have never seen that before. Thats really interesting.

dude

Thanks Gemint for showing this. That one looks completely different than my '68 Gabrielson (even with mine appearing smudged).

MorrellMan

Gemint - thanks - the exact same stamp on the '57 Topps Hit Stars that I scanned in the previous thread.

Edited to add: for simplicity, I'll show it again, along with the other stamp that I assume is just a variation of the first:

gemint

Should I try to redeem it for a prize? I hope I won a fresh 1969 rack box (3rd series)

perkdog

Im glad that they give you a NQ for that, but in my opinion it somewhat takes a little away from the card. Are these stamps only on 60's era cards? I have never seen them on a 50's card.

jimtb

These are so interesting. Thanks for posting the pics!

MorrellMan

<< <i>Are these stamps only on 60's era cards? I have never seen them on a 50's card. >>



The Hit Stars are from 1957, but it would be hard to determine for sure if these stamps were placed that year. In those days, non-sports cards were available several years after they were issued - the druggists just kept the boxes available till they sold out. I would imagine stocking vending was the same deal....any specialists out there know for sure?