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What are the years of the M101-4 and M101-5 sets, both 1916? And why is the update a lower number? How many different advertiser backs are known? Are there complete sets for all the back variations? And I wonder if it was known the circumstances of how the different backs came to be before my mailer explained it?
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Hank, the year of issue for both sets was 1916. It is unknown why Burdick got the numbering wrong. There are 18 different advertisers, and compiling a complete set of any other than the most common three or four is nearly impossible, unless you stumble into a find where it was already assembled. Of the scarcer backs, even I were to spot you 175 of the 200 you almost certainly would never finish. No, your mailer provides the specifics of Mendelsohn's solicitation for the first time, although the fact of such solicitation was always suspected.
BTW, I believe the Lajoie image was changed so as to show him in a Philadelphia uniform--Mendelsohn was a stickler for trying to get it right, at least if he had access to an alternative image.
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Last edited by nolemmings; 03-09-2012 at 10:24 AM.
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