The 1933 GOUDEY set was printed on 10 sheets comprising of 24-cards each. Goudey advertised on the backs of each card.."This is one of a series of 240
Baseball Stars". However, in 1933 Goudey issued 239 cards. Evident in the 6th sheet (shown here) is the DOUBLE-PRINT of the #144 Babe Ruth card to fill
out this 24-card sheet.
6th sheet (cards #143-165)
Furthermore......
For years, much has been made of the Lajoie (#106) not issued in 1933; but, the bigger story is that the GOUDEY Gum Co. played a clever (nasty) market-
ing trick on the collectors of these cards during the Spring/Summer of '33. Cards #97, 98, 99, 128, 129, and 142 were issued in the Fall of '33. Cards #107,
108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 126, and 127 were not issued till circa November 1933. Here is a diagram of the World Series
sheet. It includes Giants and Washington players that were in the 1933 W.S. The write-ups on backs of some of these cards reflect '33 W.S. events.
10th sheet (intermix of Low #'s & Hi #'s)
Some examples........
1934 GOUDEY printing trivia
In the Fall of 1934, Goudey printed the missing card (#106) from the 1933 GOUDEY set on their Hi # series (cards #73 - 96) sheet. Card #106 just
happened to be Nap Lajoie. Goudey modified their printing format (24-card sheets) and printed a special 25-card sheet to include this Lajoie card.
The Lajoie card wasn't issued in 1934 Gum packs with the other '34 GOUDEY cards. To acquire the Lajoie card, you had to mail the Goudey Gum Co.
and request it.
2nd sheet (24-cards)
3rd sheet (24-cards)
Hi # sheet (25 cards) .... #73 - 96 + #106
Stay tuned....more insight into various BB sets' printing to follow in the next posts.
TED Z