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Originally Posted by calvindog
This is wild. And yes, presumably because they've never appeared with those backs, they must have been issued with blank backs. Not even a stamp.
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I may be wrong, but I'm thinking that these ads were aimed at their newspaper delivery boys, and that there was not intended to be a general distribution of these cards. Hence, the newspapers didn't feel it was worth the cost to get ads printed on the backs of the cards.
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Seeking very scarce/rare cards for my Sam Rice master collection, e.g., E210 York Caramel Type 2 (upgrade), 1931 W502, W504 (upgrade), W572 sepia, W573, 1922 Haffner's Bread, 1922 Keating Candy, 1922 Witmor Candy Type 2 (vertical back), 1926 Sports Co. of Am. with ad & blank backs. Also 1917 Merchants Bakery & Weil Baking cards of WaJo. Also E222 A.W.H. Caramel cards of Revelle & Ryan.
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