As someone who collected the 1951 BOWMAN's as a kid when these cards were issued in 1951, I can tell you this.......
First of all, the cards were printed on 2 - 36-card sheets. Bowman initially issued them in 72-card series.
The 1st series (cards #1 - 72) were issued in the Spring of 1951 in my neighborhood.
The 2nd series (cards #73 - 144) followed. The remaining Low # cards (#145 - 252) were issued during the Summer of 1951.
The last series cards (#253 - 324) were available in late Summer > early Fall of '51 (this varied distribution regionally).
Again, this was the sequence in my neighborhood in Hillside, NJ. Most likely, the distribution of these cards varied regionally.
TED Z
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