This lot features a rare 1979-80 Edmonton Oilers postcard set with Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier rookie cards.
Teammates first at Indianapolis in 1978-79, Wayne Gretzky and Mark Messier would team up for nine seasons as Edmonton Oilers, becoming key cogs in the Edmonton squads that would win a total of four (4) Stanley Cup championships with both of them in the lineup, the pair would reunite for a single season on Broadway with the Blueshirts in 1996-97. Offered here, we present this pair of Edmonton Oilers postcards individually picturing both players that were released during their rookie season of 1979-80. Both pictured in their white Oilers uniform in posed on-ice shots, the fronts of both postcards feature the facsimile signature of the respective featured player while the reverses display their names, position, height, weight and birthday as well as "Edmonton Oilers" and an Oilers logo. Both measuring approximately 3 1/3" x 5 1/2" with the Gretzky slightly smaller width wise, both postcards display in excellent condition with light edge and corner wear to both while the Gretzky example shows a small ding and crease to the top left corner.