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Posted By: Jonathan

First of all, I have a good number of the series and they are all 8 3/4 x 11.

As for the date question, all of my 1899 players have '99 in the date field.

In the 1900 issues, the date is "1900",

Some other variations occur within the issue:

Between May 5 and 12, 1900, the following changes occur:

The font of "The Sporting News" in the heading changes.
The font and size of the the player, postion, team information at the bottom changes. (As a consequence, the photo frames slightly higher).

There are some other variations earlier in the issue, such as double line framing on some of the subjects (Nichols and Griffin, for sure).

Also, The print color of some of the issues are a rusty brown or black. All issues (that I have) starting with May 12, 1900 and later are black.

Hope this helps.

Jonathan