N175 Goodwin and Company Gypsy Queen packs, cartons, cards etc....

[jerrys]

I am sure the tobacco companies did not start and stop design and product changes by the calendar. There must have been an overlap of the older cards and packs blending with of the new. That November 1 product could have been the beginning of the last run of GQ cards - the N162s.........?

[Joe_G.]

Originally Posted by jerrys

I am sure the tobacco companies did not start and stop design and product changes by the calendar. There must have been an overlap of the older cards and packs blending with of the new. That November 1 product could have been the beginning of the last run of GQ cards - the N162s.........?

Could be, but there is pretty good evidence that the N175s date to 1887 and N162s date to 1888 based on player/team combos. Goodwin was always quick to update player moves. With the N162s, Dunlap is shown with Pittsburgh. Dunlap played 1887 w/ Detroit and would sign Pittsburgh contract in January of 1888 but not named Captain of the team until just before the start of the season. His N162 shows him as Captain of the Pittsburgh team. I believe the baseball card production and distribution mirrored the baseball season with tobacco pack inserts changing to other subject matter during the off season.

[jerrys]

Joe - sounds right.
The GQ order:
1887 N175 plain pack
Overlap
1888 N162 ornate pack

N175 cards are much scarcer than N162s. Why? The replacement offered -
ornate pack, better insert card, longer run, advertising, all....?

Any comments about attribution of the later cigarette packs in the article?

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