Dittos to what's above. And my understanding is that not all of the premiums listed in the ads in the magazine were actually distributed. Once I started copying the ads from the Baseball Magazines, I had access to most of them. And then an old collector assured me that I couldn't create an accurate list of premiums by basing it on the ads. That a few were advertised and never distributed. Daunting. I'm a fan of the Standard Catalog, I doubt that their list is 100% accurate, but I suspect that it is closer to reality than most lists.
As I understand, a fellow could send money and a list of the premiums wanted, then BM would mail you back a bunch of premiums, mostly of what you wanted, but not always exactly.
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