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Posted By: davidycleback

James, I don't know who was the printer, but there were team issues similar to these from in the 1940s and 50s and possibly earlier. They're generally called team issues or 'picture packs,' and originally came in an envelope with a cellophane window. Collectors can pick up the vintage team sets containing rookes and pre-rookies of players like Mickey Mantle and Satchel Paige. Many of these issues are in the SCD, probably alphabetically listed by team. I just checked my Beckett Almanac, which is a few years old. The 1954 Orioles set is not listed-- though the 1958 Orioles and later team issues are.