Stan Musial Rookie Cards

[Dave-Illini]

Not his rookie card but the most attractive Musial of that era.

[darwinbulldog]

I'd say Sears, mainly on the grounds that Propagandas are paperstock and therefore not cards.

[bcbgcbrcb]

Forgot about one more candidate, 1947 Sports Exchange Mini.

[Exhibitman]

The problem with the Sports Exchange cards is that they were issued over three years, so to be sure of the actual issue date you have to do some digging. That said, the advertising for the large format cards started in November 1946 with set one. Musial's large card is from Set 2, so I believe it is a 1947 card. The smaller version advertising still eludes me. if anyone has old TPSE issues and can check for the minis, that would be great.

[paul]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

The problem with the Sports Exchange cards is that they were issued over three years, so to be sure of the actual issue date you have to do some digging. That said, the advertising for the large format cards started in November 1946 with set one. Musial's large card is from Set 2, so I believe it is a 1947 card. The smaller version advertising still eludes me. if anyone has old TPSE issues and can check for the minis, that would be great.

I read a long time ago in SCD that the minis can be dated by the color on the borders. I have only red border and gold border cards in my collection, and I have them listed as 1948 for red and 1949 for gold based on what I read. By process of elimination, I'm guessing that the green borders are 1947, but I no longer have the SCD article and don't remember what it said about those. I think those are the only colors, but someone more knowledgeable can correct me if I'm wrong.

[Cubanball]

Here is a page from a program from 1945 for a Navy all-star game with players from both the American and National leagues. Not a card but I thought it is an interesting pre Bowman rookie baseball item.