Great info Joe, and more support of the mixed sport sets being issued during overlapping years. The N-28's were clearly very popular and were likely distributed in more markets, including the West Coast where I've found more than a dozen 'original' groupings over the years... They were probably marketed for about 5 or 6 months (Oct 1888-mid-1889) and then the N-29 / N-43 came out in August 1889. I don't think there were as many printed, or perhaps sent to fewer markets. The N-29's have always been tougher, and the N-43 still tougher. I've never found an 'outside the hobby' group of N-43. All that I have purchased were from 'inside the hobby' sources... With continued research we'll probably find the same thing for N-184 Kimball, which were also distributed in the West Coast market...
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