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Originally Posted by steve B
Ted, do you recall if the bright pink ones came out early or late?
I'm thinking they were the first ones, followed by red (probably after kids complained) Then by the ones without the extra lines (Maybe to save on ink?)
But being Leaf, that could be way off.
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Steve
Excuse me, but I have to differ with you.
I went thru 75 of my original 1st series LEAF BB cards, and all the "reds" are RED. For example, here are Ruth and Williams...…
Furthermore, I checked out my original LEAF Boxing cards. The 1948-1949 set of Boxers was initially issued in the Fall of 1948 (White backs). These cards were very-very popular,
so LEAF continued issuing them into the beginning of 1949. This is evident since the 1949 issued cards have Gray backs (similar to the 1949 LEAF BB cards).
Having said all that, the Boxing cards with red backgrounds are all RED.
My thinking regarding the BB color variations is that these cards are most likely the result of sloppy printing practices during the end press runs.
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