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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

After 21 years, I have finally upgraded my 1949 Bowman Pacific
Coast League (PCL) set so that all 36 cards are "factory-cut".
Back in 1984 I started collecting this challenging set and in
about a couple years I completed it. However, only 1/3 of the
cards were factory-cut.

Typically, "hand-cut" cards are found, and this is because as
the story goes, this set was issued only in uncut 36-card
sheets. My experience, living in the greater Philadelphia area,
has been that some were included regular BB issue 1949 packs.
I have acquired several original Bowman collections from people
which included a few PCLs. Being amazed at seeing these cards,
I asked, and in all cases the response was I got them as a kid
in 1949 packs.

So, I am curious what experiences are out there in trying to
collect this very rare PCL set ?