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Originally Posted by h2oya311
> Until recently, most would have considered the Novelty Cutlery PC to have pre-dated the t206 since it was categorized as having been issued from 1907-09. To date, no Novelty Cutlery PC's have had a cancellation date prior to 1910, which is why Jeff (bicem) believes them to be a 1910 issue.
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Both the PC805 Novelty Cutlery and PC796 Sepia postcards definitely come from 1910. I made a pretty detailed post about this in the past, but it basically comes down to the fact that many of the players in the set are pictured in uniforms that were not used until 1909. The earliest postmark that I have found for either of these sets is October 14, 1910, which makes sense as many of the postcard sets of that era were initially produced around the time of the World Series.
Lastly, Beckett always classified these sets as being from 1910. For some reason, when The Sports Collectors Bible added the PC805 Novelty Cutlery set to their book, they dated it as being from 1907, which makes no sense since they already included the PC796 Sepia set and dated that one at 1910. This error has been copied by other price guides ever since.