1933 Goudey - printing of different series

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Posted By: cmoking

In a recent thread about the E90-1 Mitchell the discussion of the timing of the 1933 Goudey set came up. I didn't want to continue this discussion in that thread as it is not germane to the E90-1 set and I think deserves a thread of its very own.

Per Mike Murray's article in the August 2006 SMR, the 10 different series in the 1933 Goudey set were (he may have gotten his information elsewhere or from the uncut sheets themselves, I don't know his source)

1: 1-5, 25-35 & 45-52
2: 6-24 & 36-40
3: 41-44, 58-67, 75-79 & 92-96
4: 100-105, 115-120 & 130-141
5: 53-57, 68-74 & 80-91
6: 143-165 (144 Babe Ruth printed twice)
7: 166-189
8: 190-213
9: 97-99, 128-129, 142 & 214-231
10: 107-114, 121-127 & 232-240

#106 was not printed along with the rest of the 1933 Goudey set.

From the sale of the 1933 Goudey Copyright cards and Registation cards with the U.S. Copyright office in Lot 335 of the April, 2006 Robert Edwards auction
, I think the information on the timing of the 1933 Goudey set is now known. Previous information may have been off by a month or so, nothing all that major, and I am nit-picking with dates. This information is probably useless to many people, even those that collect the 1933 Goudey set, but I wanted to present this info as it seems the accepted dates were a bit different.

1: April 15, 1933
2: April 15, 1933
3: May 19, 1933
4: May 24, 1933
5: July 14, 1933
6: August 19, 1933
7: September 1, 1933
8: September 5, 1933
9: September 24, 1933
10: December 23, 1933

Here is the scan of what the Copyright card looks like in its holder.



Closeup of #3 Critz in Series 1


Closeup of #10 Myatt in Series 2


Closeup of #167 Russell in Series 7


Closeup of #192 Brown in Series 8


Closeup of #97 Morrissey in Series 9


Closeup of #127 Ott in Series 10


It is possible my interpretation of the "Date of Publication" is incorrect. I interpretate it as meaning that is when the cards were printed and/or packaged and/or sent off to candy stores. If my interpretation of the phrase is incorrect, then my assumption of when these series were available would be incorrect as well.

Disclosure:
I won that lot in the REA auction. I sold off some of the cards when I first received the lot to defer costs. I still retain the majority of the cards, but I have sold enough that the rest are no longer for sale.