1948 Leaf question

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Posted By: Hal Lewis

Pardon me that this is not Pre-War... but 1948 is still pretty "vintage"...

so I am wondering why there is so much clamor made about the M101-5 and M101-4 cards and whether they come from 1915 or 1916 (since the have no dates printed on them)...

but yet the 1948 and 1949 Leaf cards have specific printing dates written CLEARLY on the rear of the cards...

and PSA still calls them ALL "1948 Leaf" cards??

Why aren't the ones that SAY 1949 on the back LABELLED and considered as being from 1949?

This makes a BIG difference for us rookie card collectors, since the Satchell Paige Leaf card in the Mastro auction is a 1949 printed card and NOT a 1948 version. Same is true for the Jackie Robinson card in the auction.


Am I being too picky?

Or am I right in that these 1949 cards are NOT rookie cards?