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Originally Posted by Tom S.
Brian,
I don't have any idea for sure where the Sociedade Industrial cards may have been produced. Since that set does not limit itself to baseball-only cards (due to its connection to the Tabacalera La Morena set), Angola may still be the source of the Sociedade cards though.
In the 2020 Heritage Summer Sports Card Auction currently underway, there is a large group of 75 Tabacalera cards (Lot #56666) that encompass a wide spectrum of other sporting endeavors (boxing, soccer, wrestling, tennis, track & field, swimming, cycling, hockey, etc.); some of which might have been of interest to your average Angolan at the time.
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It does seem odd to me that these sets that share the same subjects/images would be issued during the same year on different continents. I guess it could happen, but to me it feels unlikely. Definitely baseball is not the main focus in these sets, but there is enough that you would think at least the Tabacalera set was created first, being that baseball had a substantial presence in Latin America and a fair amount of interest in US baseball (I think there are 25 baseball cards in the set), compared to what I assume was minimal amount of interest/exposure in Angola.
Brian