Hey Rob
I agree with you on the Curt "Gowdy" pronunciation. But you're right, some call them "Good-ee" and others "Goo-day". "
LEAF Gum Co. has been criticized for skip-numbering their 1949 BB cards, but they were not the only ones to play that "marketing trick". GOUDEY in 1933 did it first.
Collectors spent tons of pennies trying to acquire certain missing lower # cards. Twenty-one of the 22 cards were issued in the Fall 1933. I've arranged the GOUDEY's
in my 1933 album according to how they were printed. Here's a simulated display of the last sheet......
"The World Series sheet"
This diagram of this 10th sheet tells the story when the remaining 15 (of the 16) mysterious low numbered cards where finally issued.
TED Z
T206 Reference
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