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Posted By: warshawlaw

The first, older format is printed on a really crappy dark stock. It is coarser than tha smooth stock ESCO used. If you are unlucky enough to get one, you can almost instantly tell from the way they feel. The second reprint group includes the players named above plus some other cards. They are reprinted from original cards (showing effects of rescreening--primarly a hazier, darker print) and are on a whiter, brighter stock than the normal cards. I purchased a full set of them for autograph usage (had Don Newcombe sign a reprint of the 1956 Dodgers for my father) and have received a few over the years in ebay sales. The latter are pretty good and would fool casual collectors.

One note: some of the cards from the postwar series were printed in Canada in a variety of colors. Canadian printings are not considered reprints. They can come on coarser stock than the US cards, also.