1910 Punch Cuban Baseball cards- origination?

[Leon]

Does anyone know how the 1910 Punch Cuban Baseball cards were actually issued? I have searched the few, really nice Cuban baseball sites, and while I saw a cigar label from Punch, there is no indication of exactly how they were issued AND what type of pack they might have come in....if they came in a pack at all? Thanks much!!

[Leon]

With such overwhelming response I figure I will show a Punch pack from the 1905-1910 era. If anyone has any definitive, or hypothetical information concerning how the cards were distributed I would love to hear it. The only thing I could find was a cigar wrapper, unlike this box design, on one site. Collecting the associated packs to our cards is a lot of fun and generally the packs are much scarcer than the cards. I have no idea if a card came in this but it is close to the period of issue of the cards, I am confident of that, since the other 120+ boxes in this group all came from that era..(this is a larger pack than any other I have)..regards

[aljurgela]

Leon,

I do not know and have been looking for this answer for quite some time. I do know that the cards came with a back, as issued, but few of those examples still exist. Perhaps some of the board members that own those cards would like to upload a photo for all to see.

There was also an album for this issue that I have not seen, but that I believe has been seen by at least one board member, to my knowledge.

I have seen a "wrapper", but again I am unsure if this included the card.

[fkw]

http://www.cubanball.com/Images/BBCa...nch/punch.html

the link above has some general info for those interested, there is also a link on the right side of page to an album page and also a group of the Detroit cards.
I believe there are 2 different Cobbs known, one sold last year this time on eBay for about $11K, and one sold for almost $14K in Feb 2011 http://www.hakes.com/item.asp?AuctionItemID=62669

[aljurgela]

These are the cards that Ryan thinks should have cards and hence they POSSIBLY exist:

http://www.cubanbaseballcards.com/Punch.html

[Preece1]

The only Negro League card I own is the Mendez with a back. A scan of the card is shown on the Old Cardboard rookie card database.