1947 BOND BREAD and its "imposters"....show us your cards ?

[jessejames]

I haven’t been on net54 for a little while but referenced this thread a ton back in 2019/2022 when reading up on the history of Bond Bread and the many somewhat controversial variations. A few things…

I was the winner of the Elgee sheet from Leland’s back in 2021, and I’ve kept it intact as I bought it (sorry to whoever requested the Cerdan). From catching up on the updates to this thread after 2020, it doesn’t appear that much mystery still exists around this set, but happy to provide pics at some point if members find useful.

I also had a similar experience as a member who posted on this thread more recently in regards to taking a flyer on a raw Jackie with rounded edges listed as a BB on eBay. Once I received it in hand it was obvious that it was a reproduction due to the thinness and texture of the paperstock in comparison to some other raw rounded corner BB commons I had in hand (and which I subsequently submitted to SGC and which received numerical grades).

I also finally finished my rounded corner SGC graded BB set last summer which ended a really fun set build that took me about 5 years to complete (Rex Barney had escaped me for a couple years). Since the recent updates from Mike, which introduced the possibility that back color and rounded corners may not be enough evidence to prove the card in question was actually distributed with bread, who knows if my set is actually all BB or rounded corner SSS. I have a hard time reconciling this, as Ted seems to as well, as I believed the rounded corners were so they did not puncture the bread bag packaging. If we know the SSS versions were distributed via 4 boxes then why would they expend the effort to round the corners? Doesn’t make any sense to me either, but obviously doesn’t prove anything.

I’ll continue to work towards the 13 Jackie miniseries, which will take awhile, but love these cards and personally enjoy the bit of mystery that still surrounds them!