Left: Baby Coos is seen mint in box. From the collection of Ellen Cahill. Above: Baby Coos, on the left sits with Plassie, on the right. From the collection of Ellen Cahill, photo by Bill Simone. Comparison of Plassie and Baby Coos Characteristics Plassie Baby Coos Ma-ma voice Coos Hard Plastic Head on Composition shoulder plate Hard Plastic Head Cloth Body, only one version had Magic Skin Body Magic Skin Body Plastic Patent Number IDEAL DOLL/MADE IN USA/PAT. No. 225 2077 Size Number e.g. 18/IDEAL DOLL/Made in USA Curly molded hair Wavy molded hair Closed mouth Open/Closed mouth No Nostril Holes Nostril Holes Judith Izen is the author of Collectors Guide to Ideal Dolls, The Encyclopedia of Vogue Dolls co-authored with Carol Stover, and American Character Dolls: Identification and Value Guide. Past President John Clendenien was one of the UFDC members instrumental in getting the doll images approved by the Postal Service for the postage stamps in 1997. See Nancy Goldstein's " A Fresh Look at Cloth Dolls in the 1997 Classic American Dolls U.S. Postage Stamps " in the Summer 2020 issue of DOLL NEWS. Photo credits: The Ideal Plassie and Baby Coos dolls is courtesy of Ellen Cahill. Photo by Bill Simone. The Ideal Plassie photo is courtesy of Nancy Uttech and the Ideal Baby Coos photo is courtesy of Ellen Cahill. DOLL NEWS * UFDC.ORG 109http://www.UFDC.ORG