My favorite player of all time is Hall of Famer Willie McCovey. I
have amassed a collection of over 1200 different McCovey cards since I
started collecting him in the late 1980s. I will show off one of my
favorite cards every Monday. Stretch was one of the most feared hitters
of all time and I am excited to show off my collection.
I thought I would show off my newest addition to the McCovey collection. This is a First Class insert card out of Panini's high end America's Pastime release. I really like this look of this card. I have a solid US stamp collection (which has sat dormant for a few years) so I typically like stamp themed cards. The First Class name plays on the postage stamp theme as well. There is a nice painting of Willie Mac watching a towering homer and a post mark to finalize the stamp theme. Another thing I like is the zip code included on the front for San Francisco. I did a quick search and found out that this is the zip code of Candlestick Park where McCovey played with the Giants and not AT&T Park - good move Panini. As you can also see this card is serial numbered 080/125. All the cards in this release were numbered to 125 or less.
I thought I would share a peek at the back as well. Not a super exciting design but I do like the write up on Stretch. The auto is a nice touch. It doesn't look spot on to McCovey's signatures that I have on cards but isn't so far off that I think it is generic. I would like to see some other cards out of this set to see.
Willie's only other cards in this set are parallels of this card numbered /25, /10 and /1 and a booklet card with Juan Marichal /59, /25 and 15. I may be able to track down one of the booklets if I get lucky but this may end up the only card from this set I add to my McCovey collection.
That is such a cool card. Much jelly over here.
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