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Posted By: barrysloate

Hal is right, the Leafs are entirely a 1949 set. I spoke at length with 49 expert Ted Zanidakis last week and he confirmed the Leafs were only available in 1949, and beat the Bowmans to the candy stores by a couple of months. I asked him if because he grew up in NJ could it be possible that in other parts of the country the Bowmans came out first, but he has spoken with people nationally who bought packs as kids and everyone's experience was Leafs were available in very early 1949 only (and not in 48) and the Bowmans appeared a bit later.