Any R346 Blue Tint experts?

[tedzan]

This is from two independent sources (one from New York and the other from North Carolina), who purchased these cards in 1948.

They were available in "5 & 10-cent" stores as 8-card strips with NO associated gum or candy product.

The fellow in North Carolina recalls that these strips were first available in 1948. And, several stores in his area (near the Smokey
Mountains) continued to offer the Blue Tints in 1949 and 1950.


TED Z

[rhettyeakley]

Ted, for whatever reason Burdick categorized most 1930-s and 40's sets as R-cards. Many were sold in the same manner as these, a baseball example is the Eclipse Import set (R337)--is there any evidence that Candy was associated with those? How about MP & Co sets (R302), these also were sold in strips. There are tons of nonsport card examples as well... (here are just a few of them from the nonsports side)

http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~dan/R4/go.html
http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~dan/z-ns-R34/j1.html
http://www1.coe.neu.edu/~dan/z-ns-R40/j2.html


If these were a 1920's issue they would almost certainly have been a W-set but for whatever reason they weren't really consistent with the 30's and 40's cards and whether they were R's vs. W's.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by tedzan

This is from two independent sources (one from New York and the other from North Carolina), who purchased these cards in 1948.

They were available in "5 & 10-cent" stores as 8-card strips with NO associated gum or candy product.

The fellow in North Carolina recalls that these strips were first available in 1948. And, several stores in his area (near the Smokey
Mountains) continued to offer the Blue Tints in 1949 and 1950.


TED Z

Thanks a lot, Ted. There is no info like first hand info....good stuff. (and thanks too, Rhett)