1915 W-Unc cards- Redux

[JamesGallo]

I have a lot of these cards as well but I am out of town and can't post details right now.

However I did some comparisons as well and for the most part the cards all seemed to share on dimension, either l-t or t-b.

I have 2 ruckers and they match size wise and cut wise.

As a result I feel it is impossible that these are strip cards.

I will post the further details after I get home on Sunday.

James G

[Brian Van Horn]

Gentlemen,

I believe the cards are strip cards. Do I believe the Lobert maybe from another strip card set? If we are basing it on the size of the picture, yes. If we base it on bordering and typeset at the bottom of the card then this makes things a bit more murky. If I were to give an opinion, I would say the Lobert is from another set, but it could be possible the cards are from the same manufacturer. The cards could possibly have been produced at different times, but I would say within a year of each of other.

Todd, I am glad you brought up the M101-4/5 reference because this could be something along similar lines in respect to production runs.

[Jantz]

Great information Leon. Thanks for sharing. I really like the black & white images on this set.

I have a question about this set that maybe you or another board member can answer.

As with most pre-war sets, images were sometimes used on other sets.

Have you ever seen these same images used in another pre-war set?


Jantz

[nolemmings]

Have you ever seen these same images used in another pre-war set?

They are also seen in the m101-5 set or on the Police Gazette premiums.

[Jantz]

Thanks Todd for answering my question.


Jantz

[fkw]

When I first saw these cards about 15 years ago I though they were strip cards, but now that Ive seen maybe 30 of them total, Id NOW say they are machine cut.

Strip cards were collected and originally cut/ripped by kids, and a good % will be screwed up by them like the other strip cards and candy box cut outs of the Era.

Even though most have heavy wear, I have yet to see a badly cut or torn 1915 W-Unc.

They are probably candy cards like the other misnamed strips cards W503, W555 etc.