Overland Candy - DATE of ISSUE challenge - 1936-1943??

[h2oya311]

Gary - thanks for repeating what I said about Kowalik...

Dates are definitely from 1936-1942 at this point...

[glchen]

Originally Posted by h2oya311

Gary - thanks for repeating what I said about Kowalik...

Dates are definitely from 1936-1942 at this point...

Doh, I'm an idiot. Next time, I need to at least finish reading the first post before posting something. And for a while there, I was congratulating myself for my "detective" work!

[oaks1912]

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the article written on Overland Candy wrappers by the late Gerry Glasser. This article was published in 1999 in VCBC and was / is the most comprehensive article to date on the issue. Gerry suggested a 1936-1942 range, not necessarily in continuos production. Undoubtedly there have been player and variation additions in the past 14 years based on post-article finds but, to my knowledge / recollection an updated article hasn't been written

[h2oya311]

Originally Posted by oaks1912

I'm surprised that nobody has mentioned the article written on Overland Candy wrappers by the late Gerry Glasser. This article was published in 1999 in VCBC and was / is the most comprehensive article to date on the issue. Gerry suggested a 1936-1942 range, not necessarily in continuos production. Undoubtedly there have been player and variation additions in the past 14 years based on post-article finds but, to my knowledge / recollection an updated article hasn't been written

I'll have to try to find that article. I was a bit surprised that I, with my whopping Overland Candy collection of ONE, would be the first to notice the date inconsistency! Glad to know some real research has already taken place on the matter.

I'm surprised though that none of the guides or key card collecting websites have made the date of issue updates based on Mr. Glasser's work.