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Chris CountsI have long been fascinated by this underappreciated set and earlier I started a thread about the low # color variations. In the course of my research, I received an email from someone telling me a story about how somebody they knew had a relative who worked at National Chicle in the 1930s. The writer was told a story that if you added up every color variation of every card, you would end up with exactly 1,000 cards. I did some quick math and I guess it is possible. It's certainly an interesting theory ...
Regarding the color variations of high numbers, it would be nice to see some scans from board members. I've never seen the light grey blue ...