Being honest, the '41 is the way to go for all reasons cited.
However, voted the '39 because of a fond bias. I used to have several dozen - all sample backs - including Ted and Joe. I thought it was fun with no names on the front. Got to the point where I could guess the player w/o flipping over the card (Now I can spell Vaughn as "Vaughan" too...gets me nowhere in life
).