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Richard MassonAwesome wrapper. Now I can impress my friends by telling them I no longer collect cards, rather, I collect photogravures. It sounds much classier.
The earlier Paterson hockey set had a chase card (Corbeau) while the second set did not. That may imply that the Paterson baseball set came later since it also doesn't have a chase card. Joe Oeschger is pictured with the NY Nationals. He was with Boston from 1919-1923. This dates the set sometime after his trade to NY on 11-12-23, so the baseball set is probably 1924. Wille Kamm is pictured with Chicago; he didn't debut until 1923.
Another oddity of the set is, despite being a Canadian issue, it has many obscure plyers from the New York National team. John R. Watson (traded to NY on 6-7-23, further evidence of a 1924 set), Frank Snyder, Hugh McQuillen and Jack Bentley and a total of 12 Giants appear in a set of only 50 cards. Could there be a NY angle to the set? The mystery of the two different shades has never been answered either.
I am still looking for photogravures of Marquard, Shawkey and Scott if there are any extras floating around.