23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay

[Evan Morris]

Hmm.  This doesn't bode well for the P.O.S.H. ticket from the Lusitania
I bid on.

Reader notified/deflated.  Thanks.  I notice that the auction was pulled
due to an "error in the listing."


Sam Clements wrote:

> The postcard is NOT from 1907.  The circle date stamp is very indistinct,
> but that has nothing to do with it.  It has a divided back.  Therefore it
> was after 1908, when that started.
>
> It's a linen card, which means that the date stamp is almost certainly
> 1937
> or 47.  Just because the stamp used was part of the 1902 series means
> nothing.
>
> I am postcard dealer/collector and I know one of the 5 largest dealers in
> the US.  I just called them, and they provided confirmation of what I
> just
> said.
>
> The card is NOT from 1907 and almost certainly doesn't predate any
> earliest
> cites we have now.
>
> Sam Clements
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Evan Morris" <words1 at WORD-DETECTIVE.COM>
> To: <ADS-L at LISTSERV.UGA.EDU>
> Sent: Thursday, August 11, 2005 11:29 AM
> Subject: 23 Skiddoo postcard on eBay
>
>
>> Via a reader:
>>
>> "Used postcard, linen in very good condition. Good corners with no
>> creases... 23 Skiddo 23... on the front...Postmarked Clarksburg W.Va.
>> 1907
>> with series 1902 stamp...."
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=6552741434
>>
>> Card actually reads "23 Skidoo," not "Skiddo."
>>
>> --
>> Evan Morris
>> words1 at word-detective.com
>> www.word-detective.com
>>
>
>