This package is from Sporting Life: related ephemera

[baseballart]

I posted this box on the other side, but thought it would also be of interest here.

The box is 6" x 8". I would think that W600s likely came in these, as I suspect the weekly newspaper was not mailed in a box, but simply mailed rolled.

I recall some other Sporting Life ephemera surfacting in auctions the past couple of years.

[Leon]

Hey Max
Neat box. I agree with you...and like your box better....

[sb1]

I would say these may have been used to mail W600's when they offered them in groups of 10 or 12. I imagine singles were mailed in an envelope of a similar size. Although 7 cents does not seem to be enough postage to mail much weight even back then. One could consult the postal prices and weights records and come to some basic conclusion as well.

Scott

[milkit1]

Here is my Cubs set (minus Mordecai brown pastel that i still need ) with the Cubs envelope that I lucked upon.

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[caramelcard]

Max,

Very nice pickup and thanks for sharing.

Weren't the W600s is another glassine type envelope inside of that mailer?

Rob

[sb1]

Rob,

It was just thin glassine closed on three sides with the right side open with a small thumb cut out, It's not uncommon to see a small stain or soiling right where the cut out was on the right edge. I think the W600 cabinet was mailed in the glassine, in a heavy envelope, possibly with other SL mailers and ad pieces.

Scott