1910 PC798-10 Roth & Langley “Baseball Lovers” Comic Postcards Near Set – 21 of 24.
Lot 183. 1910 PC798-10 Roth & Langley “Baseball Lovers” Comic Postcards Near Set – 21 of 24. Men in baseball uniforms and women in uniforms and formal dress are the subjects of this set, which features sepia photos. Nineteen cards are in a vertical format. Eleven of them have the title in a box across the bottom – A Balk. A Triple Play, Back Stop, Catching a Fly, Double Play, Kill the Umpire. Play Ball, Safe, Score 1 to 1, Strike One, and Tie Game. Two cards display the title in the background – Batter Up, and Come On, Boy. Six have the title in a box at the top, five in the upper left corner – Instructions, Over the Fence Is Out, Safe at First, Score 3 to 1, Squeeze Play, and Who Wins. Two are in a horizontal format – Knocked Out of the Box, and Line Hit. One card is unused. Two have writing on the back but were not mailed. The others were postmarked from 1910-12. These cards average f to f-g Winning Bid $75.
