Government postcard, postmarked March 11, 1949, signed in his customary green ink by Ty Cobb, who has added the date "3/16/49" below his name. PSA has encapsulated the card and graded the signature MINT 9. This card is part of a much larger signature collection compiled by our consignor's father in the late 1940s ("The Long Beach Autograph Collection"). Like nearly all autograph collectors at the time, his main method was to write each player and enclose a prepaid self-addressed government postcard to be signed and returned. As we can see by the size of the collection, most players were more than happy to oblige. All the items from the collection are featured in nineteen separate lots in this auction, including the signatures of many prominent Hall of Famers. The postcard (5.5x3.25") displays a tiny edge tear and a small piece of clear tape at the base of the signature side (covers the tail of Cobb's flourish).