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Specs
Year: 1957
Title: San Francisco Seals Golden State Dairy Stamps
Size: 2″ by 2 1/2″
Number in Set: 23
Overview
The San Francisco Seals were a minor league team that played in the Pacific Coast League, and these stamps and the album they were designed to be glued in represented the final year the Seals played in the bay area.
The stamps are pretty basic, just a posed head and shoulders photo within a narrow white border with the player’s name in white within a black bar along the bottom. The backs are, of course, blank.
The album is a beautiful yellow and red piece. Each player’s page had a place for the stamp, a line for their autograph, and a short bio. You can see the Golden State Dairy sponsorship throughout the album.
Example
Key Cards
Major leaguers like Gordon, Aspromonte, and Pearson are the more popular players in the set.
Checklist
William “Bill” Abernathie
Kenneth “Chip” Aspromonte
Harry “Fritz” Dorish
Joe “Flash” Gordon
Grady Hatton
Tommy Hurd
Frank Kellert
Marty Keough
Leo Kiely
Harry William Malmberg
John McCall
Albie Pearson
Jack Phillips
Bill Renna
Ed Sadowski
Robert Smith
Jack Spring
Joe Tanner
Sal Taormina
Bert Thiel
Nini Tornay
Tommy Umphlett
Glenn Wright