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MWWarshawlaw --
I very much agree with your statement on U.S.-Cuban relations. Until trade restrictions are normalized, there can be no real census or estimation of the availability of vintage Cuban baseball issues. Granted, they were probably produced in much smaller quantities than most other issues of the time, but who is to say that there aren't still some undiscovered "warehouse" or forgotten "retailer" stocks that will eventually make their way to the United States once barriers are lifted? And don't forget that there are also some pretty rabid baseball fans in Cuba. It only stands to reason that there are some pretty impressive collections of Cuban baseball cards over there too.
Even given the transport of Cuban baseball cards through a third country, I still think that supplies in the United States are diminished with what they would be given normal trade relations.