Let's see some SCRAPPS!
Let's see some SCRAPPS! AKA 1888 H. D. Smith & Company Baseball Gum Card Die-Cuts.
From REA: For decades, the set was referred to as "Scrapps" or "Scrapps Tobacco," but recent extraordinary newspaper archive research has finally allowed for the definitive identification of the issuer: H. D. Smith & Company, a Cincinnati Candy and Gum manufacturer. The hobby has long known that these die-cuts were not actually issued by "Scrapps Tobacco" (as no brand of that name has ever been found) but we personally never thought we would ever learn exactly how they were issued. The fact is, they were actually issued as premiums with gum!
Here are my 2 recent pickups:
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Last edited by Rad_Hazard; 08-17-2022 at 09:10 PM.
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