John W......very nice introductory post here.
I like both the 1948 LEAF and 1948 BOWMAN sets, but I prefer the BOWMAN. I completed 2 - 1948 Bowman FB sets back in the early 1980's.
I also had all 3 uncut 36-card sheets of this set.
This set was somewhat of a mystery back in the 1970's, and the early 1980's........especially due to the rarity of the "DIVISIBLE by 3" cards.
So, I wrote an article that resolved this mystery, and it was published in SCD in 1984..
TED Z
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