Could G & B be two separate issues?

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Posted By: Richard Masson

In going through my G & Bs, I noticed that some have "chewing gum" above the company name at the bottom and some do not (the area is blank). The ones with chewing gum do not appear to be any more difficult than the ones without. I did not attach any signifigance to it until I noticed a few duplicates that have other differences besides the "chewing gum" or lack thereof. In the O'Rourke portraits, the only difference is the "chewing gum". In the Ryan portraits, the font is different and the script team name "Chicago" is different. Finally, in the Welch portraits, the script team name is different and the portrait without chewing gum has an oval around the picture, like an SF Hess. (I have one other G & B like that also, Whitney.

It appears to me that the cards were made in two distict batches- one with "chewing gum", one without, and that they are different series- same poses reissued.

Leon- please reduce these scans if they are too large.