grades popped

redlegs

Hello,
I just received these grades yesterday. I have been on the lookout for Johnny Bench's very first card for my master set for a long time. It is a 1967 Reds team issue postcard that was produced a year before his first Topps card. This is the first one ever graded. I thought it would come back a PSA 5 so a PSA 6 is a pleasant suprise.

Phil


PSA Order Status for Submission # 4645065


LINE # CERT # CARD CARD CO. CARD # CARD NAME VARIETY GRADE
1 07289160 1967 CINCINNATI REDS JOHNNY BENCH TEAM ISSUE POSTCARD 6
2 07289161 1975 CINCINNATI REDS DAVE CONCEPCION TEAM ISSUE POSTCARD 7

Date Received: 10/23/2007
Date of Grades Posted: 11/01/2007
Date Shipped: 11/01/2007

mcholke

Phil

Congratulations, I would love to see a scan.

Kevin

baseballjeff

Congrats! Those post cards sound awesome!

Jeff

redlegs

Thanks. I will post the cards when I receive them.

mikeschmidt

Phil-

How come you don't collect any of the hard cards?

Congrats on a phenomenal pickup. I'm quite curious to see the picture, as I'm sure it is decidedly different from the Bench I remember when I was growing up. Those team issue postcards can be quite a bear to find, especially from the 60s. I would have to imagine that they were produced in big quantity at the time -- I'm less sure if people threw them away, or don't know what they are, or what? Or, simply, if the advanced collectors of such have no interest in letting them go.

Either way, good stuff for you.

redlegs

I don't have the 1967 Bench postcard back yet from PSA, however, here is a picture of it.