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Originally Posted by darkhorse9
It's been proven beyond a shadow of a doubt that there's never been anything called Scrapps Tobacco. All those cards were made by H.D. Smith & Co. Every publication, including the first one to call them Scrapps, has admitted such. Even an email I got from PSA acknowledges that they are wrong, but they won't do anything to fix it and still label them as Scrapps Tobacco.
This is important because H.D. Smith & Co. cards were issued with gum. That makes them the first to do so. Ignoring that milestone and mislabeling thfrm as a non-existent tobacco is wrong.
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The E223 G & B Chewing Gum cards were also issued in 1888:
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo. Also E222 cards of Lipe, Revelle & Ryan.
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