Thanks for the comments everyone! So if that case contained 72 boxes at 4 cards a piece, that would equal 288 cards plus the 14 on the exterior box (maybe they were printed on the reverse as well?). 302 cards per case regardless, but so small, no wonder they're rarities. It's plausible that all 250 subjects existed at one time. Also, perhaps the ad being February of 1911 was meant to spawn future sales for the 1911 baseball season...and with the delay in publishing, this was probably put together around Christmas/Jan.1st of the new year, possibly earlier.
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