N173 & Goodwin Album Certificate Discussion – A New Variation?

[Joe_G.]

Nice cards, album, and certificates Ted Z.! I do now believe N162 distribution spanned two years, 1888-89, but no real proof. Maybe they were distributed in GQ packs while the OJ cards were found in OJ packs (this has been suggested by Je.rry Spillm@n in the past). So perhaps GQ packs had N175 in 1887 and N162 in 1888 & 1889.

At any rate, not many responses here but I did collect some numbers prior to and since posting this thread that I'll share. It is a limited population, but gives some feel for the fact that the four known variations are all somewhat obtainable. I have attached what I'm aware of regarding population of each slip, certificate, and ticket type.

Of interest, the new variation I posted can be found in several collections. The owners didn't notice it being different from the copy in OJ book until this post. Easy for a small variation like this to escape notice even when it is an interesting date that tells us more about the various album's date of issue.

The biggest surprise to me was to see a couple more copies of the album ticket (75 tickets for Base Ball Album ticket). The one I had recently acquired was the first time I had ever seen one and figured it was extremely rare, but Ted Z and another collecting friend have one squirreled away.

I'd love to see a new variation surface, especially one from 1888.