I just went through my 1939-46 Salutation Exhibits in light of this information, and found two interesting things. First, based on this very unscientific study, the 1942-45s appear to be much, much tougher than the others. I have 23 cards. 13 are from the 1939-41 series. 9 are from the 1946 series. Only 1 card is from the 1942-45 series, and that's the scarce Ted Williams "No. 9 Shows" card.
The other interesting thing is that all of the 1939-41 cards have a sepia tint to them. So does my 1942-45 Williams. But the 1946s are much closer to pure black and white. This may be an easy way to distinguish the 1946s from the others.
Just curious, does anyone have a 1939-41 Williams? Or is it possible he was introduced in the 1942 printing? After all, why would anyone have printed a rookie in such a small set in 1939?
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