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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

The graded SQUARE cards that I have seen at shows are the more recent reprints. The graded SQUARE ones
I have seen on ebay are uncertain.....unless their backs are scanned (which is seldom done).

The tell-tale clue when they are in a plastic holder is their backs. The BACKS of the original 1947 Bond Bread
cards, and the 1950's reprinted ones, have retained their white color. While the BACKS of the more recently
Reprinted ones have become TONED, (due to the inferior cardboard stock they were re-printed on).

If the Bond Bread cards are not graded and you can feel them, you will find that the ORIGINALS were printed
on thicker (more rigid) cardboard stock. Also, there's a slight glossy finish on the originals that does not exist
on the recent Reprints.

And finally, the recent Reprints are slightly larger than the originals.

Recall Gil.....from a prior thread that you posted, I noted that I collected these Bond Bread cards as a kid in
1947 (they were my first BB cards). And, I still have the 44 BB cards in this set.
I don't know what happened to the 4 boxing cards.

TED Z