The Old Cardboard list is certainly valuable, but I don't know that I would trust it for being complete or 100% accurate. It may be close, but I have seen at least one listing that I disagree with.
John McGraw had at least 3 versions issued, but only 2 are listed.
(431) 295a John J. McGraw 1902 1 Infielder New York N. L. 1902-06 Suit
(432) 295b John J. McGraw 1902 4 Manager New York N. L. 1902-06 Suit
The first listing is fine. The second one should read 1903? 3 Manager, IMO (since it also shows his more youthful portrait and is on a Type 1 mount). A third one was released with an older looking McGraw portrait on a Type 4 mount. I don't think that one would be a 1902 issue, though. Kevin Struss may be able to provide more insight on the date ranges for each of the mount types. Perhaps he or Scott B. will weigh in with some of their knowledge of the set.
This is not meant to pick on the very valuable resource in O.C., but just to highlight that I suspect the dates vs. mounts on its listing may not quite be 100% accurate.
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