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Posted By: Paul

I am no expert on E222s. Not even close. But I strongly suspect these cards were not cut from boxes. I cannot think of a single vintage card cut from a box that has anything printed on the back. The only modern sets I can think of are the Hostess sets, which have statistics on the back, not an ad.

To me, it makes very little sense to go to the trouble of printing advertising on the back of a box card. The box itself no doubt had lots of advertising for the product. Putting an ad on the inside of a box where no one could see it would be borderline silly. The only purpose would be to show off the ad after a kid cut the card out of the box. But it is not even clear that vintage box cards (like Orange Borders or All Star cards) were meant to be cut out of the box. They may have just been considered part of the box design. So I don't think anyone would have bothered to put an ad on the back. Just my opinion.

Paul