Dexter Press Oddities and ?

[danmckee]

I have never seen these before and am posting for a dear friend Mark Bowers from the West Coast.

His questions:

Has anybody ever seen one for the Angels Team and why do the Cubs and Sox show 15 pictures when there only 12 of each in the 1967 set ?

[cubman1941]

Great question. When I was getting the Cubs I used a checklist from an SCD at the time. I have Altman who was on the checklist along with the others, however, Jenkins, Kessinger, Popovich and Nye were not. So it will be interesting to find the answer if there is one.

[BillyCoxDodgers3B]

If answers can't be found through hobby channels, you may wish to contact Rich Nye. He classically takes a long time to answer autograph requests, but I believe he has somewhat of an interest in the hobby aspect. Perhaps he might recall if he truly was in the set. Worth a shot.

[cubman1941]

Another possibility is, if I am correct, Coke had Dexter Press do these for them and you would get a set by sending in a Coke Saver sheet. I have quite a few Cubs 67-68 Coke caps and Kessinger, Popovich and Nye are not among them. Altman is and I have Jenkins only as a Fresca. So there may some relationship here. I do not have a Coke Saver sheet so can not check the sheet against the Dexter photo.

[hcv123]

Originally Posted by cubman1941

Another possibility is, if I am correct, Coke had Dexter Press do these for them and you would get a set by sending in a Coke Saver sheet. I have quite a few Cubs 67-68 Coke caps and Kessinger, Popovich and Nye are not among them. Altman is and I have Jenkins only as a Fresca. So there may some relationship here. I do not have a Coke Saver sheet so can not check the sheet against the Dexter photo.

This is the checklist for 1967 Coke Caps:

C1 Ferguson Jenkins
C2 Ernie Banks
C3 Glenn Beckert
C4 Bob Hendley
C5 John Bocabella
C6 Ron Campbell
C7 Ray Culp
C8 Adolpho Phillips
C9 Don Bryant
C10 Randy Hundley
C11 Ron Santo
C12 Lee Thomas
C13 Billy Williams
C14 Ken Holtzman
C15 Cal Koonce
C16 Curt Simmons
C17 George Altman
C18 Byron Browne

There were no Cubs issued in 1968. Hope that helps.

[cubman1941]

Howard,

Thank you very much.

Jim