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Originally Posted by novakjr
Now, given that the 2nd series of '49 Leaf was only released in 4 states, it would technically then, not be a "Major(or National) Release", but rather a "regional release" that is only an extension of a national release. Thus, it's not officially deserving of RC designation. Making the '49 Bowman of Paige, technically, his ONLY official RC
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David
I know you are only joshing......but, I will say this, LEAF's 1st series (49 cards) were issued in early Spring of '49 (they preceded the 1st series of BOWMAN's); and,
were nationally distributed in large volume.
Warren Bowman sued LEAF over the the rights to certain players and the use of the wording "BaseBall Bubble Gum" on LEAF's wrapper. This resulted in LEAF's short-
printing of their 2nd series cards. Otherwise, these cards would have been nationally distributed.
Therefore, in my opinion, LEAF's 2nd series Paige and Doby are indeed their true "rookie" cards. Same goes for other players that are in this series.
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TED Z