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Posted By: Gerry

Yes the 1933 Goudey set was issued in 1933 – actually October of 1933. How do we know?

Several of those 24 cards that Ted refers to note the player’s performance in the World Series, so we know they were issued after the end of the World Series, which ended on October 7, 1933.

Goudey must have gotten that last batch of 24 cards out very shortly after that date. Why? Because a couple of the 1933 Goudey wrappers offer the R309-1 picture of the 1933 World Champions (as well as the three other R309-1 premium pictures) AND SHOW AN EXPIRATION DATE OF November 1, 1933.

So, the 1933 Goudey set except for the #106 Lajoie card was a 1933 set. Let’s not try to make it into a 1934 set.

It’s bad enough that the R309-1 premiums are almost always referred to as a 1934 set when in fact they too were issued in 1933 – as any study of the 1933 Goudey wrappers will demonstrate.