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GREAT detective work! Thanks for confirming my thoughts on the year of issue. Now we know it can not be a 1951 set! As I mentioned over on the postwar section my belief is it is much more likely to be a 1954/55 issue due to the inclusion of three of the 1954 AL Champion Indians. Maybe Bob Lemke can shed some light on the origins of this set and how it came to be known (now erroneously) as a 1951 Wheaties set. Thanks again for your hard work. Fred |
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How about it? Do you have any recollection of when this set showed up in the hobby? How did it get the designation of 1951 and as a Wheaties issue? I understand that SOME of the same photos were used in the 1952 Wheaties set, and some thought it to be a test for that set. But now that we know it can't be a 1951 issue I am wondering how it all started. Any light you can shed would be greatly appreciated. Thanks, Fred |
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Sorry, I can't remember who first brought the set to our attention, when or how it was tied to Wheaties.
Someone with a run of Standard Catalogs could date the "discovery" by its first inclusion in the big book.
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