Is it ever to good to be true?

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Still tweeking the 1939-66 Exhibit info myself.

There are a few different types of "MADE IN USA", ....different widths.

1939-41..... 3/4" wide
1942-45..... 1/2" wide
1946.......... 9/16" wide
1947.......... back to 1/2" wide
1948.......... 5/8" wide
1949.......... "An Exhibit Card"
1950.......... 7/16" wide


the thing you will notice is cards said to be issued over many years really were only issued in skipped years.

In my short research...Williams no#9 is found with MADE IN USA of 9/16" wide (1946), and also Printed in USA with a B&W color (1960, like Adams sheet above), so really was printed in only 1946 and 1960. I dont know or have proof Williams was printed in any other style/year.
Ive only see Paige with the "AN EXHIBIT CARD" line so it was only printed in 1949. The Jackie Robinson Ive only seen with a 5/8" wide MADE IN USA so would be a 1948 issue only. The Kaline kneeling with script along bottom is only from 1954-56, DiMaggio brown tint is from 1946, B&W would be from 1952 only. etc.

Mantle...
Is there actually a Mantle "ck connected" with a blank back that has the "Made in USA" line? I did a search on eBay and only see cards with "Printed in USA", but there are a few scans where I couldnt read the USA line at all. From what I see the Mantle with the "c k not connected" is from the late 1950s, even though the picture shows Mickey in his 1951 uniform too.