Year(s) Published: 1909 ACC Designation:   W555 Set Name: W555 Card Size (inches): 1-1/4 x 1-5/16 Number of Cards in Set: 69+ Est. Value (common; VG): $35 W555s on eBay Google Search
(shown at approximate actual size)
Set Summary Black-and-white postage-stamp-sized cards with dark borders Scarce 1909-era cards handcut from boxes of candy Would therefore more properly be labeled as E-Cards Card size stated is to white line outside first dark border Player name & team printed in white panel at card bottom All cards are unnumbered and have blank backs Similar player poses are found in E93, E94, E97 & E98 sets Reference: Editor's Notebook, "Century-Old Mystery Solved; New Questions Raised" (Old Cardboard magazine, Issue #12, Summer 2007, p. 8)

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