Posted By:
Hal LewisI was wondering the same thing as Corey.
I think perhaps they just kept selling the "old" cards every year... which would explain why no others are known.
In other words...
In 1869, they sold cards depicting the 1868 Atlantics and the 1869 Red Stockings.
In 1870, they sold the SAME cards as before... but ADDED some new teams.
???
In other words, even though the 1871 Ad refers to "The Nines of 1870"...
I don't think they made "new" team cards for any of the teams (Atlantics, Reds, etc.) who ALREADY had "old" cards.
People would still buy the 1868 Atlantics cards and the 1869 Reds card... because they were the "best" teams and everyone would want their "commerative" cards.