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Mark MacraeBarry...Jay & I discussed this piece earlier this week as I own a copy of a September 1887 San Francisco newspaper with a Gypsy Queen advertisement on the front page. The ad suggests that Gypsy Queens were just being introduced to San Francisco and that Albert Mau was the exclusive distributor. The advertisement further states to look for Baseball players, pugilists and actresses in the packages. This links together these sets which Burdick later divided into subjects and hints at the possibility of an overlap in years of issue. From my own experience, Gypsy Queens (162 & 175) DEFINITELY turn up in estates of families who lived in Northern California during that timeframe. I have never found California League 172's in this area & conversations with longtime West Coast specialists (& HARDCORE HUNTERS) have revealed similar results.