Before I'd encountered catalogs that listed size I recall buying a Butter Finger Premium, R310, from Mr. Lipset. It was my first one, at the time I was gathering an example of each type I encountered... I sent money in for a Butter Finger of Ben Chapman. For some reason I was expecting something that would have fit in with a candy bar. I was surprised at its size.
I have one Propagandas Montiel Los Reyes del Deporte, and I was shocked at how thin it was. I was expecting a card, but the paper thickness is closer to cigarette paper. I recall my thoughts when I held my first 1914 Cracker Jack, they're realistically on paper, not card stock. I wondered how any of them at all survived the years, as thin as they were...
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