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ScotI consider myself an expert on E210 York Caramel (both types) as I've saw/owned more than anybody around. I bought my very first E210 Type-2 collection in around 1980. They came from a PA. man that had bought them new. I asked, How they were distributed and what year he bought them. He said, they were sold in wax paper with a card inside. He then pin pointed the year as he went in the Army in December of 1927 and had collected all the cards prior. He also said the York Caramel candy was very popular at that time and sold out regularly. I suspect, the baseball card promotion was a great success and out sold the projected intial printings.
Facts I can add:
1. type-2 York's are at least 10 times harder to obtain than the type-1 cards. This seems to correspond to a short last printing.
2. I can confirm up to 5 different printings in E210. All variations are short printed as well and still being found this year. Also corresponds to short multiple printings.
3. The following 1928 Ice Cream issues look like a copy of York's and are much more common than the E210 type-2 cards. Again corresponds to a short last printing of the type-2 York's.
As you can see I have done my homework and I have no doubt the E210 type-2 are in fact a late 1927 issue.
I would also like to add that all 1920's caramel/ice cream sets are very tough to complete but, the E210-2 are among the toughest... I guarantee it.