Comments: In December, 2004 I purchased a raw Perez-Steele postcard of the HOF umpire. It was later submitted to PSA and received a MINT rating. In July, 2009 I found an item contemporary to his career, a 1949 postcard advertising the McGowan Umpire School in Florida. It was the perfect portrait - had never seen it before. The seller and I met up at The National and negotiated a price. The postcard was later submitted to SGC and received a PR rating due to several surface issues. In July, 2011 a raw copy of the postcard surfaced on eBay but this one was dated 1951. It was the same photograph. I snagged it with a snipe ½ of the price I paid for the 1949 copy. And, the card was much nicer! SGC ended up giving this postcard an EX+ 70 rating. I didn't care much about the date and kept the nicer 1951 copy; selling the 1949 postcard to the same person who originally sold me the postcard.

UPDATE: On 07/10/2024, I found a raw example via eBay and ended up purchasing the item off the site for $300. Fast forward two years and I'm sending it off to PSA for grading (09/15/2026). Fingers crossed it's an upgrade. At a mimimum, it's a variation (1949 vs 1951). Hopefully, I'll get the results before the end of the year ;)