Question on 1936 Goudey Wide Pen Premiums

[MikeGarcia]

Originally Posted by BobC

There are actually 5 different types of Goudey Wide Pens that were issued. The main, and largest, set issued in 1936 came with the "LITHO IN U.S.A." printed in the bottom border. The Type 2 Wide Pens, also issued in 1936, had no printing in the bottom border. Type 3 Wide Pens were likewise printed in 1936, but were borderless, and thus no "LITHO IN U.S.A." on the card also. The Type 4 and 5 Wide Pens were both issued in 1937 on what is considered a "creamy" paper stock, and are both considered Canadian issues. So neither one has a "LITHO IN U.S.A." printed anywhere on these cards. The difference between Type 4 and Type 5 cards is that the Type 4 Wide Pens show MLB players, whereas the Type 5 Wide Pens only include Toronto and Montreal players from the International League.

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...they slipped in eleven Detroit Tigers into the Canadian Type 5......PSA grading gets a solid 50% of my oddball submissions wrong but after a while you just learn to live with it......The Greenberg on the left is a '37 type 5 while on the right is a '37 type 4

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