1955 Johnston Cookies Help

[horzverti]

They all appear to be original to 1955. I love these cards.

[ALBB]

they appear large and appear to give me a headache

[cubman1941]

I have been "working" on the 3 Johnston Cookies sets for years. I have finished the 1953 set and will never finish the 54 or 55 set primarily because of the Aaron. These all look legit from what I can see except I have never seen a Gold Star on any so have no idea what that means. The reprints I am aware of is the 1988 JALFCO REPRINT and this is notated above the "Every Time" line on back.
Attached is the back of part of an original strip card series.

[swarmee]

The gold star is just something a kid added because a baseball card was just a prized possession. Maybe it marked the owner's favorite player(s). Looks like a coat of paste was applied to it afterwards so it would stay on longer.

[cubman1941]

That makes sense, especially since the Braves had just recently moved to Milwaukee and, also, the cookies were good!!

[Chris-Counts]

The '55 set came in strips of six cards, and they were cut apart mostly with scissors. Yours have the borders trimmed off — I've owned a few that looked just like this.

[horzverti]

The 55s are larger than most other issues around that time. Maybe the kid took a scissors to these so they fit better in a stack with the rest of his cards?