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1969 FIRST DAY COVERS (x10) INDIVIDUALLY
SIGNED BY MLB PLAYERS, HOFERS ............... PH $500-700

Ten (10) First Day Covers, all commemorating the 100th
anniversary of professional baseball (all postmarked 9/24/69),
each individually signed by a major league baseball player.
Signed covers include following autographs: HOFer Sandy
Koufax (black felt tip), HOFer Willie Mays (blue ballpoint),
HOFer Hank Greenberg (black felt tip), ‘Smokey’ Joe Wood
(blue sharpie), Denny McLain (blue sharpie), Bill Wambsganss,
Jimmy Piersall, Gene Mauch, Wally Moon, and Bob Garibaldi.
Nice tidy selection of autographed baseball covers.
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1969 SANDY KOUFAX & DON DRYSDALE SIGNED
HAND-PAINTED COVER ...................................... PH $400-600

1969 TED WILLIAMS AUTOGRAPHED FIRST DAY
COVER .................................................................. PH $400-600

A First Day Cover commemorating 100 years of professional
baseball, featuring a printed portrait of ‘The Splendid Splinter’
Ted Williams. Next to his portrait and below the date stamp
(9/24/69) Williams has signed in bold blue ballpoint. A huge
and brilliant signature, very fine.

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1969 FIRST DAY COVER W/ GIL HODGES
CUT SIGNATURE & MORE ................................. PH $350-500

A ‘constructed’ First Day Cover from 1969 commemorating
100 years of professional baseball, featuring a portrait of Lou
Gehrig, carries an affixed cut signature from Dodger great Gil
Hodges (blue ballpoint). Hodges died relatively early (1973)
so his autograph is increasingly rare. Cut measures 1"x2¾”.
Other signatures penned on the cover: Steve Garvey, Wes
Parker, Ron Fairley, and more. Hodges signature especially
bold. Postmark has been ‘enhanced’ in ink to appear to tie
Hodges’ autograph to cover. Very fine.

A First Day Cover commemorating the 100th anniversary of
professional baseball, hand-drawn and painted by artist Elain
Thomspon, featuring the two Dodger pitching legends from
the 1960s, Don Drysdale and Sandy Koufax. Across each of
their wonderfully rendered images graces signatures from each
HOF player, both in blue ink. A very rare item, possibly unique.
Outstanding!
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1969 HOFER MULTIPLY-SIGNED FIRST DAY
COVER W/ DIMAGGIO, KOUFAX, COMBS ........ PH $400-600

A First Day Cover date-stamped 9/24/1969 commemorating
the 100th anniversary of professional baseball autographed
by seven HOFers. Cover features signatures by: Joe DiMaggio
(older signature, blue ballpoint), Sandy Koufax (black ink),
Rube Marquard (black felt tip), Stanley Coveleski (black ink),
Earle Combs (blue ink), George Kelly (black ballpoint), and
Bob Feller (blue ballpoint). Interesting and valuable group of
HOFer baseball autographs found here!

1969 MULTIPLE NO-HITTER CLUB AUTOGRAPHED
COVER W/ RYAN, KOUFAX, SPAHN .................. PH $500-700

First Day Cover commemorating the 100th Anniversary of
Professional Baseball (postmarked 9/24/69), with printed
portrait of Sandy Koufax, carries autographs of pitchers who
have had two or more no-hitters. TEN signatures in all, includes:
Sandy Koufax (HOF, blue sharpie), Nolan Ryan (HOF, blue
ballpoint), Bob Feller (HOF, black ink), Warren Spahn (HOF,
blue sharpie), Jim Bunning (HOF, blue sharpie), Allie Reynolds
(blue sharpie), Jim Maloney (blue ballpoint), Carl Erskine (blue
sharpie), Johnny Vander Meer (blue sharpie), and Virgil Trucks
(blue ballpoint). All bold signatures.
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1969 FAMILY AUTOGRAPHED FIRST DAY
COVERS ............................................................... PH $300-400

Interesting selection of 6 First Day Covers commemorating
the 100th anniversary of professional baseball (all dated 9/24/
69), each signed by two or more members of the same family,
either siblings or father and son. Covers include: one signed
by both the Perry brothers (Gaylord and Jim) and the Niekro
brothers (Phil and Joe), as well as Ken Forsch (no Bob,
unfortunately); another signed by Ken Griffey and Ken Griffey
Jr.; another signed by THREE generations of Boones, Ray, Bob
and Bret; another cover signed by the Alou brothers, Felipe,
Jesus and Matty; another signed by Ozzie Virgil and Ozzie
Virgil Jr.; finally, one signed by Max and Hal Lanier. Six covers
total, mostly signed in ballpoint. Nice group for the familyoriented collector.

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