No objections at all! I've been researching too to see if this was possibly cut from a larger sheet. It doesn't appear to be cut from a larger sheet to the naked eye, but I was also thinking it would be small for a full production sheet based on more modern sheets I've seen.
I went through all the major sports card auction house sales going back 10 years or more, but couldn't find any other 1901 Ogden's sheets to compare it to.
Since 'Heroes of the Ring' and 'Leading Athletes' share the same sheet space, it could be a combination of these two series along with others from the set adding to 75 or 100, etc.?
These 'no-number' British Labour Ogden's issues total to 331 cards known per the 'The Cigarette Card Issues of Ogden's Ltd. Cartophilic Reference Book No. 115'. However, they could have been printed at different times between 1900-1903 and this could have been a combination adding to 75, 100, etc. or smaller sample run?
Just guesses though based on what I could find so far. Interested to hear what others think though.
|