Salem, Oregon

This package was actually sent to me way back in July, I've just been slow to keep up with stuff this summer.  Thankfully the tracking number on the package still worked, and I was able to determine that it was sent from Salem, Oregon, because the sender put my address as the return address.  That's one way to hedge against the potential of insufficient postage.  The cards were sent from Sean in Salem.  

Included with the 118 cards (116 of which are 1991 UD) were two autographed Expos Postcards.  The Expos Postcards are a pretty big hole in my Wallach collection.  The Canadian version of the 1984 Postcard is the only one I previously owned a copy of.  The two sent here are the 1986 (on the right above) and what is either the 1981 or 1983.  The photo is clearly from 1981, but there appears to be a possibility that the Expos reused the photo again in 1983.  I couldn't really find a lot out about these sets and there wasn't anything of help currently listed on eBay.  In any event, I'm happy to add them to the collection.

Thanks for the cards Sean!

Updated Totals:

1986 Topps x2: 480

1991 Upper Deck x116: 493

1984 Expos Postcards (Canadian Version)

The Expos did a postcard set every year from 1981-90, maybe even further back from that (but no Wallach if they did), but up until now I've never had any of the Wallach's.  This is the first Expos Postcard of Wallach that I've picked up.  They're not all that rare or uncommon, as I've seen them pop up regularly on ebay for years, I just never felt they were that high of a priority given all the other cards/items I was trying to budget.  

I see a lot of places that catalog these postcards as "baseball cards."  I don't, and keep them on my non-card need list, rather than my card need list.  So this, and any future ones I obtain aren't being added to the running card tally.  Those catalogs in their infinite wisdom also show this as "card" #35.  I don't see a #35 anywhere on the thing.  In fact, I see "29" twice, the second one, in the space for the stamp, really looks like a card number to me.  To keep things simple, I'm just leaving the title numberless.  

I've always thought these were kind of dumb, but now that I have one in hand, I can begrudgingly admit it's sort of cool.  My change of heart is due entirely to the back, which you'll have to take my word for, looks much better in person than in the scan.  It just has a very authentic/vintage feel and look to it.  I think it'd be kind of funny to send these post cards to the players that are on them.  If I ever pick up a set, I may do just that.