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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Just simply sloppy printing practices, where the front printed sheet is lifted off the drying rack and placed in reverse in
the press to print the backs (or visa-versa). The only 1941 PlayBall I have is Johnny Cooney (#50) on front with a Joe
DiMaggio back.

These wrongbacks are not uncommon. Here is a 1949 Leaf with the same reversed wrongback. I show you this example,
to make the point that in both these cases (Cooney/DiMaggio and Gordon/Feller) there seems to be a tendency that
these errors are more frequently found in the last Series cards (such as these). I have seen many 1941 PlayBall wrong-
backs from the Hi# series (cards #49-72). And, have only seen one from the Lo# series. Same goes for the 1949 Leaf
cards.