Posted By:
Hal LewisOK ... back to my ORIGINAL question:
Since this 48-card set is BLANK-backed...
and since Jackie Robinson is included in the set...
WHAT DATES THIS SET SPECIFICALLY TO 1947???
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Jackie debuted on April 15, 1947... so wouldn't they have waited a bit to see if he did well and stayed in the league before including him in a small set of star players?
Isn't it more likely that Homogenized Bond Bread started out SMALL with the "Jackie Robinson SUBSET" in Brooklyn only...
and LATER decided that the cards were a success and EXPANDED to the larger set with more players and to a wider market??
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I believe that the Jackie Robinson subset was made in 1947 for Brooklyn area customers... but I can't count those cards as his "rookie cards" because of the small distribution area and onl one player in the set. (Just my personal feelings)
BUT... I could consider the 1947 Robinson card from the 48-player set as his rookie... if I had some PROOF that the cards were made in 1947 (or technically even 1948, since his Leaf and Bowman cards came out in 1949).