1950 Bowman printing…

[Kevin]

I was looking at a Granny Hamner last night. I read the back and it discusses his having a good season in 1950. When exactly did the 1950 Bowman set get printed?

[Cliff Bowman]

They were printed in series, #204 Hamner was printed well into the season.

[Chris Counts]

A number of card sets were printed in the middle of the season, and contain images or text that reflects that. One of Carl Hubbell's 1933 Goudey cards references his fine pitching in August of that year. I believe the last series of '33 Goudeys came out during the '33 World Series, and featured players from the teams playing in it, the Giants and the Senators.

[ALR-bishop]

181 to 252 can be found with or without the copyright on the back. No copyrights are tougher and no copyrights 181 to 210 or thereabouts are much tougher

[Kevin]

Thanks, gentlemen. I’ve got about 100 of these guys. I will look through what I have; they are a neglected part of my collection, even though I rather like the cards/the shape/the printing.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

181 to 252 can be found with or without the copyright on the back. No copyrights are tougher and no copyrights 181 to 210 or thereabouts are much tougher

181-216
217-252

If I’ve done my math right, which is a big if, these are the series.

Still need a number of the 6th series no copyrights. I’m not clear how they made this ‘mistake’ twice.

[ALR-bishop]

I still need 4 of the no copyright cards

[G1911]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

I still need 4 of the no copyright cards

I need 14 of the 6th sheet, completed the 7th.

It seems odd that the mistake was made twice during different sheets and then corrected. And it seems odd the Papai misprint has it both ways too. I suspect there is something more complicated with the sheets than is generally thought. Production may have overlapped, and series may not quite tie equal the sheets (I.e., sheets 6 and 7 were a single release or released very closely together)