WWII BB cards....1943 M. P. & Co....Show us your cards

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Leon

No revolution on my part, Paul. I just like collecting with my friends!!
Here is a R302-1 from 1943 (as opposed to the R302-2 strip from '49 already shown)



and they (at least their colors and drawing method) remind me a little bit of a later version of these...

If your scan here of Joe DiMaggio is it's true colors, then this card is cannot be a 1943 issue.

The sky on the front is not a dark blue and the back printing is not blue; therefore, it must be an R302-2.

DiMaggio's R302-1 and the R302-2 cards' bio is the same; however, the difference is that the R302-2 is numbered #105.

So, I'm confused here as to which series your DiMaggio card is from ?


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[Collectorsince62]

Here's Mort Cooper to go with the previously scanned Walker Cooper.

[tedzan]

Thanks for posting your 1943 Cooper brothers cards.

So far, we have identified 14 players from the 1943 set....so, there are 10 more to go to complete the display of all 24.


Continue posting your M.P. & Co. cards, guys.


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[GehrigFan]

One of the first pre-1950 sets I finished, and it wasn't all that easy. Almost all of them are either Authentic, Poor or Fair, except the DiMaggio which is a BVG 4.5.

I don't want to fill out the pictures since I have the set, but here is the Foxx:




Also, I have seen variations in back ink color on both the 1943 and 1949 issues. the only consistent I see on the 1949 set is the presence of a card number on the back. I also will note that the orientation of the backs is all over the place.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by GehrigFan

One of the first pre-1950 sets I finished, and it wasn't all that easy. Almost all of them are either Authentic, Poor or Fair, except the DiMaggio which is a BVG 4.5.

I don't want to fill out the pictures since I have the set, but here is the Foxx:




Also, I have seen variations in back ink color on both the 1943 and 1949 issues. the only consistent I see on the 1949 set is the presence of a card number on the back. I also will note that the orientation of the backs is all over the place.

GehrigFan

So far, at the current rate of inputs here, I don't think we'll have all 24 cards displayed. So, feel free to show some more of your cards.


I hope you don't mind me correcting your statement ......"the only consistent I see on the 1949 set is the presence of a card number on the back."

There are 4 (or 5) 1949 M.P. & Co. cards that were never printed with card numbers.




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[jp1216]

My 1 and only:

[CobbSpikedMe]

Here's my Reese for our virtual set.

Ted,

Since not all the 1949's have numbers on the back, is the best way to tell the difference the color of the text? Blue v. Black. I have a Hank Danning that doesn't have a number but does have black text. Does that mean it's a 1949?

Thanks a lot.

AndyH


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[tedzan]

R302-1

Ernie Bonham
Lou Boudreau
Dolf Camilli
Mort Cooper
Walker Cooper
Joe Cronin
Harry Danning
Bill Dickey
Joe DiMaggio
Bob Feller
Jimmy Foxx
Hank Greenberg

Stan Hack
Tommy Henrich
Carl Hubbell
Joe Medwick
Johnny Mize
Lou Novikoff
Mel Ott
Harold Reese
Pete Reiser
Red Ruffing
Johnny Vander Meer
Ted Williams



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