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Posted By: Mark Holt

Here is a post by David Vargha from another forum:

1949 Bowman PCL Baseball

By Dave Vargha

These cards were actually distributed in regular 1949 Bowman packs. They were sold only in the PCL cities of Seattle, WA and Portland, OR as well as Bowman's Philadelphia, PA headquarters. Strangely enough, they were not sold in the more populated San Francisco Bay Area, home of the 1948 PCL champion Oakland Oaks and second place San Francisco Seals. Nor were they sold in the populous Los Angeles area, even though six Los Angeles Angels players and five Hollywood Stars players are in the set. There are estimated to be only around 2,000 total cards from this set in existence. Many were hand-cut from promotional sheets given to stores in the Portland and Seattle areas.