Anyone, please identify this 1949 BOWMAN wrapper ?

[tedzan]

Both of these 5-cent BOWMAN wrappers were issued in 1949. The RED-WHITE-BLUE wrapper was the the standard issue that included
all series (252-cards).

The GREEN-WHITE-ORANGE wrapper is very rare...I hope that some one on this forum can identify what series of 1949 BOWMAN cards
was issued with it ?







THANKS for your help,

TED Z

[Volod]

Nice wrappers, Ted. All of my reference volumes only show the 5-card wrapper, so that green and red baby must be rare indeed. It does state "picture cardS," though, so would not have been used to market one card for a penny. Maybe two for a penny?
Was that a tactic employed to unload inventory at the end of the sales season, or perhaps just to grab kids who couldn't lay their hands on a nickel?

[Volod]

Uh-oh, just noticed that you described them both as 5-cent wrappers. Is that verified by your source?

[toppcat]

I wonder if it was an attempt at a Canadian issue-just not sure of the 1949 labeling laws up North. Leaving off the "5" would make sense in that context but it's just a guess.

[tedzan]

I am surprised that no one has suggested that the GREEN-WHITE-ORANGE wrapper was possibly designed for the 1949 PCL cards.

There was a find that revealed that these PCL cards were indeed marketed in packs (on a limited basis) in the Northwest in 1949.
Perhaps, this would explain why this wrapper is very rare. However, I have yet to seen verifiable evidence to prove that this is a
PCL wrapper.





TED Z

[tedzan]

One more try to see if anyone on this forum knows of the origin of this very rare 1949 Bowman BB wrapper ?

Thanks,

TED Z

[sflayank]

green white orange matches the 49 bowman display box
white red blue is undated 50 bowman, its identical to the dated variety

[tedzan]

Larry

My RED-WHITE-BLUE wrapper is definitely a 1949 wrapper.

I'm not certain I understand your......"white red blue is undated 50 bowman" ?

Having collected "tons" of 1950 Bowman cards as a kid in 1950, I do not recall seeing any wrappers that year that were "undated".
All these wrappers were dated "1950" as shown in my scan here.






TED Z

[sflayank]

this scan is the dated 1 cent 50 bowman
top scan is the 5 cent undated 50 bowman
perhaps in your candy store they only sold the 1 cent packs
here is the 49 box orange green and white
http://www.baseballwrappers.com/imag...1809023487.jpg
and the 50 box red white and blue undated
http://www.baseballwrappers.com/imag...909d0a190c.jpg