1949 bowman display box REA mystery solved

[Eric72]

Originally Posted by Eric72

The REA listing shows, among other things, this image. Was the "5-Star" logo used in 1949?

According to Sports Collectors Daily:

"...interesting feature of card backs, one not seen on any other sports issue, is the red “Bowman 5-Star Picture Card Collectors Club” in the upper right-hand corner..."

https://www.sportscollectorsdaily.co...-trend-setter/

This would seem to indicate the box on REA was from 1950. Of course, that was just me looking on the Internet for 5 minutes. The experts at REA and elsewhere almost certainly know something I don't. I'd love to hear the evidence which points to the box being from 1949.