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Ed FordI picked up a Diamond Stars wrapper last weekend and at the top of the wrapper it said: FREE 3 NEW 3 FREE
Photographic Art Pictures of major League Stars and Teams
1. WILLIAM H. (BILL) TERRY
2. BOSTON RED SOX
3. HAROLD J. (PIE) TRAYNOR
4. The World Champions 1934
5. American League Pennant Winners 1934
6. Jerome("Dizzy") Dean
7. Gordon S. ("Mickey") Cochrane
The bottom of the wrapper stated: The retail store here you bought this gum will give you one of these 7 MOST FAMOUS PICTURS in BASEBALL ABSOLUTELY FREE for only 15 DIAMOND STAR WRAPPERS.
In the Standart Catalog of Baseball Cards by SCD, there is no listing for Diamond Stars premiums but the checklist of R311 Glossy Finish from 1936 includes all of the above players and teams ( with the same first name and nicknames as on the wrapper) The intro paragraph to this 28 card set does not mention Diamond Stars but indicates that they were premiums.
Is any of this new information to the hobby ? thanks, Ed