1949 Page's Pittsburgh Milk Co- new set

[Leon]

I am going to use one of my slightly off topic "gimmes" to show a new set of cards found at the National. Actually one of our board members had them but I doubt seriously if I would have ever seen them had I not gone to the show. Many things come out there that don't normally come out otherwise. I know I brought several cards that were not shown anywhere else, and sold a few of them. It's part of the experience. I have to say my whole National was made with these acquisitions. I collect cards that are pre-1950 so these are just under the timeline. In speaking with John Rumeriz (an old school collector who has the 1st table at every national) about them he said he has had one of these for years and years but always thought they were just an errant hand stamp done at a much later time. I am going to send him a scan of the redemption card so he can display it with his card. He said he was excited to see these, especially the header card. Anyone that knows John knows that anything (cards)that gets him excited is pretty unusual. There were 8 cards in the group (plus the redemption card) with 4 being boxers and 4 being baseball players. Thanks again to the board member for letting me buy these. The back of the redemption card is blank. best regards

[Matt]

Boy Leon - when you go OT you go WAY OT.
Interesting issue!

[tedzan]

I probably sound like a "kiljoy"......but, these cards are simply recycled 1947 cards originally included in Homogenized Bond Bread loafs.
After Bond Bread stopped inserting these cards in their bread packages in 1948, Page's Milk Co. took over these cards, stamped them,
and made them available as premiums with their milk products.


TED Z

[barrysloate]

You have to spell "killjoy" correctly to sound like one

[Leon]

Originally Posted by tedzan

I probably sound like a "kiljoy"......but, these cards are simply recycled 1947 cards originally included in Homogenized Bond Bread loafs.
After Bond Bread stopped inserting these cards in their bread packages in 1948, Page's Milk Co. took over these cards, stamped them,
and made them available as premiums with their milk products.


TED Z

Ted, with all due respect I know you are very experienced on these but do you really think Homogenized Bread physically mfg'd these cards? I knew they were a D305 type card immediately. I also would respectfully dispute your timeline unless you have evidence. Personally I think these were probably put out in multiple years, probably '48 and '49. Hey, I knew they were recycled but so were many of the other overprint sets....To me they are a new set of cards. BTW, have you seen others of these?

[Rich Klein]

Was exactly the same as Teddy Z's

Rich

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Rich Klein

Was exactly the same as Teddy Z's

Rich

Anyone with a modicum of hobby intelligence knows these are similar to Bond Bread cards. A T206 Honus Wagner is worth a lot of money too....

[tedzan]

As you know, I collected the 1947 Bond Bread cards as a kid. They were first available in 1947.
Bond Bread continued to include them in their bread loafs into 1948.

It has not been established where these cards were printed; but, I've always felt that they were
produced by the Harry M. Stevens Co. (NYC). As this company produced all the Team and World
Series yearbooks from the 1920's to 1960's and also printed the Team individual photos available
at the various ballparks in 1946 to 1951. The pictures on the 1947 Bond Bread cards are identical
to the pictures in these publications.

Incidently, several years ago I saw a Page's Milk boxing card (but don't recall who).

TED Z