Thanks very much, Dave. Very conscientious of you to remember to post that months afterward. A highly interesting read about the Gelmans and Topps. A little disappointing though that Mortensen did not ask about the 1951 issues specifically, and Gelman did not mention them either. Perhaps the information in the sidebar note is simply a claim that Gelman, Sr. had made at some point, but it suggests only that most of the three MLAS rarities were in fact destroyed by Topps, and Gelman maybe had to rescue a few examples from the trash bin. Do you have any other information that indicates the three shortprints were printed separately from the other eight in the set? Or, is it just that it would have been more work to cut those three out of a full sheet in order to throw them away? Thanks again for your diligence.
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