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Originally Posted by bcbgcbrcb
Answer is ‘32 Denby Cigars Herman
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I would accept that, but I own a 1932 Cubs Picture Pack and therefore reject it. Mumble, grumble, something about postcards not counting... Harrumph Harrumph...ha.
Seriously, though. I do own a 1932 Cubs Picture Pack, but I don't consider it part of my Cubs *card* collection which is strictly non-oversized. I do include regional issues and I have a personal love of tabletop game cards and count them as real cards...though some don't.
Herman's representative card in my Cubs personal collection is his 1941 Double Play because I love 1941 Double Play and it allows me to have cards 1-4 of that set without intentionally doubling up both players in my collection (shared with Stan Hack, which I have 1935 Diamond Stars...who's "first" is a 1932 Cubs Picture Pack...go figure).
I try to avoid needlessly doubling players in my collection with the exception of Lon Warneke (1933 Delong player card, 1955 Bowman umpire card) and a short run of 1962-1964 Ken Hubbs RC-to-InMemorandum cards.
Absolute first is cool, but it leads to an interesting assortment of "stuff" for a collection...which is also cool, but not how I collect.