Unconfirmed POLAR BEAR cards vs 1910 COUPON cards

[tedzan]

1st....As you know, the Piedmont and Old Mill press runs of the SL series are 48 cards. If the press run of the 34 SL Hindu cards
was also printed on a 48-card sheet, then I can imagine that they filled out that sheet with 14 Major Leaguers (ML). And, there
were many, many more Piedmont and Old Mill SLer's printed than Hindu SLer's.

Look, I'm using the example of 48 since it has occurred often in this set. It is one possible format (12 cards across x 4 rows down).
Of course, there are certainly other possible sheet configurations.

2nd....Regarding the Coupon set. You are mixing ML subjects with SL subjects. It doesn't work that way. We have concluded that
ALC pre-printed fronts of T206's (at least 4 or 5 sheets within the 350-only series) and added the tobacco brand back as needed.
The pre-printed sheets of SL cards were separate from the ML sheets.
Therefore, what I am saying is that a pre-printed sheet of 48 ML (from an early 350-only series run) was selected and printed with
the Coupon backs. And, I emphasize an EARLY RUN, since many of the subjects on that sheet designated for the Coupon backs were
retired ballplayers during the 1909 season.


TED Z