Let’s rehash the Bond Bread controversy.

[Matt74]

Originally Posted by Johnphotoman

As for the Festberg discovered in a NJ warehouse in the 1980's, you can tell they are not from 1947 or 1949 by looking at the back of the cards, they are more brown than the white or gray stock used to print on. As a matter of fact - the 1947 and 1949 square cards and the exhibit, and the premium are printed on the same gray looking stock, whereas the Bond Bread round cornered cards were on a whiter and a little bit thinner and glossy stock. It is very obvious that the Festberg discoveries are inferior reproductions of the original 1947-1949 cards.

My parents ordered me a set of the 24 square cornered cards for Christmas, I want to say, 1988-89. I don't remember getting a letter, but I was given a copy of the ad from the newspaper (either NY Newsday or Daily News) that they were ordered from, which had a very similar description as the letter that Butchie T posted. Unfortunately, I don't have it any longer...(I know I have the cards packed away somewhere, because I have never sold any of my collection, I just don't know where).
What I can say, is that the backs of them were much lighter than your photo. They have a cream colored back that is almost white and the cardboard stock is very thin. I now know that I am going to have to tear apart my attic to track these down.