Great information guys! This is the stuff that really makes me appreciate the board, even though these types of threads don't get nearly the number of views as some of the more controversial threads. I really love people sharing this type of in-depth analysis.
The "Made in USA" Kashin cards were likely made for distribution in Canada, that is where the 5-10 that I have had came from. It seems like it was some sort of law in Canada to mark items not made in Canada to need to be marked as having been made in the USA. It is the reason you see a some 1920's baseball exhibit cards with their back stamped "Made in the USA". For years I bought those as being damaged by the sellers for having a "back stamp" and was happy to do so knowing their origin and that they were distributed that way. This continued into the 1960's and even later. There are some 1960's Donruss non-sports sets like Addams Family, Combat that also were distributed in Canada with a rubber stamped "Printed in the USA" as it needed to be mentioned and the cards didn't have that info printed on them.
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