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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

The set of 48 (SQUARE) cards in the Sports Star Subjects issue are most likely "excess press runs"
of cards from the original 1947 Bond Bread set. The 1947 ROUND cards were available in Bond bread
from 1947 thru 1948. My guess is that the Sports Star Subjects set was available in 1949 thru the
1950's.

In my opinion, the source of the 3000 cards in the Festberg find are anyone's guess....."reprints" or
whatever. If their backs are discolored ("beige"....as the article described), then they are definitely
not "excess" cards from the original 1947 printing.

This has been my contention from the start, and it still stands. Unless someone can otherwise con-
vince me.


TED Z