It’s been a few years since I finished this set, but here’s what I know:
Cards #1 -#115 were issued first. These had the names on the back in all capital letters. All of these cards were also issued with the Sample stamp version, presumably as a promotion.
Cards #116 - #162 were issued sometime later ( minus card #126 which was never issued). All of these cards had the names on the back in mixed case.
All but 42 of the original 115 cards were also reissued then with the names on the back in mixed case. 12 of these cards also had text errors corrected. The theory is that the second group had no big names (except Earl Averill) so they reissued some of the earlier group. I don’t know if that’s the real reason or not.
- Dave
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