A treasure trove of various complete and partial sets of Women in Baseball uniforms on postcards that were a combination of seductive and risque satire of the 1909-1910 era, their heyday of promotion. Seventy-nine different, including a couple of uncatalogued types(using the Keetz guide). Housed in four-pocket pages in a nice ring three binder, ready for your additions. Not all are shown in the scans, please inquire as to others or backs. Included are:
PC798-9 Colonial Art - Complete set of 9 all postally unused. A Balk, Breaking her contract, Catching a hot one, A chance play, Covering left field, Delaying the game, A high ball, A sacrifice & A steal.
PC798-10 Roth & Langley 24 different-Back Stop, A Balk, Batter Up, Catching A Fly, A Close Decision, A Close Game, Come On Boys, Double Play, The Hits Of The Game, Instructions, Kill The Umpire, Knocked Out Of The Game, Line Hit, Over The Fence Is Out, Play Ball, Safe, Safe At First, Score 1 To 1, Score 3 To 1, Squeeze Play, Strike One, The Game, A Triple Play & Who Wins. Most are postally used, with the normal variance of back condition but overall pretty nice. Additionally two different uncatalogued Roth & Langley's, 1909 version of A Close Decision and a 1910 bisected front Get In The Game.
PC798-11 Black Border 6 of 7 of the set-A Close Play, I'll get you yet, Never give up, A Steal, Delaying the Game & Teaching the Game. One postally used, one with album damage.
PC798-13 HIR 3 different-Breaking the Cornern, Catching a hot one and Safe. One is postally used, the others are not.
PC798-32 Eight of twelve-A Base Hit, A base on balls, Batted Out, A Double Play, A High Ball, A Triple Steal, Three Strikes Out & In a Tight Place. All postally used, one with album remnants.
PC798-33 Series 113 complete set of 9 all postally unused, in very nice condition-caught on First, A Double Header, Going for a High One, The Greatest Game in the World, I'm On to Your Curves, A One Handed Catch, The Squeeze Play, Striker Up & Two Lovely Misses.
PC798-34 Embossed complete set of 15, all postally used with the same addressee, nice condition. After the Game, Instructions, Coaching, Score 3 to 1, Foul Ball, A Home Run, Hugging Second, A Squeeze Play, Good For Three Bases, A Double Steal, Safe on First, A Tight Place, A Triple Steal, Safe & Caught on Second.
PC798-58 529 two different Trying to Steal One and The hits.
Lastly an uncatalogued (K) Semi-photo entitled A Touch. As is common with postcards of all types there are a few pencil notations after the fact that can be erased or left as is, most of the stamps are intact on the postally used examples. Overall a very nice array of these, which would take many many years to reassemble if one started out today.