timing of 1933 Goudey issue
I found this interesting, although for all I know it's common knowledge. I was looking at the back of #240 Hal Schumacher and noticed that it refers to his complete game victory for the Giants against Washington in the 1933 Series (October 4). Then I realized that #230-240 of the set are all Giants, and several of them refer to the 1933 World Series. The back of #236 Davis calls it a 5-game series so it's obviously over. That means that at least the highest numbers of the set were issued AFTER the end of the season, presumably several weeks later.
- does anybody know how late the 1933 set was issued?
- Was the set originally planned to be 230 cards, and were the last ten numbers #230-240 a kind of World Series update to the set? If so, it seems like they would be much scarcer than the rest.
Tim
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