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This thread started in 2009 showing the backs of a Bond Bread package insert card next to a Festberg remainder showing original Bond Bread package inserts had "white" backs while Festberg remainders had "brown toned" backs. That was a very easy way to distinguish those cards one from another.

However, a simple "white" back and "rounded" corner definition for a Bond Bread insert is insufficient to distinguish Bond Bread inserts from the look-alike cards in the Sport Star Subjects set. Both can appear to have the same "white" backs and "rounded" corners (die-cut corners).

Many selling cards as "1947 Bond Bread" inserts don't care about the difference between genuine Bond Bread package insert cards and the "look-alike" Sport Star Subjects cards. Sport Star Subjects cards were issued in little boxes and are often found in better condition than Bond Bread package insert cards. These better condition Sport Star Subjects cards command significantly higher prices when called "Bond Bread" insert cards instead of Sport Star Subjects cards. In actuality, Bond Bread inserts are not readily available in the higher grades that Sport Star Subjects cards are more often found.

The issue of the difference between the 1947 Bond Bread package inserts and Sport Star Subjects cards is a current plague that has impacted many, including those who don't specifically collect "Bond Bread" cards but collect cards of Jackie Robinson, Ted Williams, Stan Musial and many others who have cards in both sets.

It's been over a decade since Ted Zanidakis started this thread to clear up the mislabeling of many cards as "Bond Bread" ones when they were not. Even he often does not like what I write. But if you are serious about cards and ending scams on collectors, let's get the job done. Each of you who may have a 1947 Bond Bread insert and a Sport Star Subject card - - and it does not matter if it is of the same player or not - - post a quality scan of the "white" backs of both cards side-by-side so that distinctions can be made between them. Please don't be apathetic about posting or not post because you don't like the personalities involved. Make a posting and help all of your fellow collectors out.

Again, each of you who can post a scan of the backs of a 1947 Bond Bread package insert pictured along side that of a Sport Star Subjects card, please do so. Many, many readers would truly like to see the difference.

Thank you,
Mike