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Originally Posted by Steve_NY
Check out any of the 1950 Bowman packs auctioned in the past ten years (I found one)and look at Mr. Mint's unopened wax pack auction from many years ago, and I see the same thing I saw before. Magnify the catcher's helmet and hat, and NOTE that the lower 2 sections of the hat are light blue whereas the rest of the helmet and hat are dark blue. I still think that the 1949 5 cent wrappers have the catcher's hat in all dark blue whereas the 1950 does not, as shown in Mr. Mint's catalog. Not to say that Al was always right, but it looks like he came to the same conclusion that I did. Any thoughts? Or am I just shooting in the dark? That's it for now, I Think.
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Hey Steve NY
The blue color differences that you are alluding to are not always consistent from wrappers to wrappers.
Check out the scans of my BOWMAN wrappers in Posts #10 and #11. Especially, the colors of the baseball's stitches (Red for 1949 and
Blue for 1950). These are consistent indicators.
Furthermore, I have never seen a 1950 BOWMAN pack without the
1950 marking on its wrapper. Trust me, I collected 100's of these
packs when I was 10 years old in 1950.
TED Z
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