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Posted By: Mark

Todd,

Did any particular M101 issuer nationlly distribute its cards? If so, which one(s)? Gimbel's Dept. Store, for example, was only located only in Philly and NYC in 1916. I assume Beckett is viewing the different M101 and T206 issues as different issues rather than aggregating all M101s and all T206s and perhaps no one issuer distributed nationally. When they say "major card companies," again, I believe they're concerned with excluding regional issuers.

In my view, Beckett's saying that Goudey's were the first nationally issued card of Ruth and therefore his rookie is akin to saying '49 Leafs are Robinson's rookie bc they were nationally-issued or "major grading company" cards that '48 Bowman is Musial's rookie.

Mark