Where purchased: eBay
Condition: Poor to fair. Lots of creases, rounded corners and some sort of ink on the back.
Comments: Erskine was a 20-game winner for the Brooklyn Dodgers in 1953.
Sunday, February 22, 2009
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1954 newspaper ad
featuring Stan Musial with
offer for baseball cards
1963 Reader's Digest ad
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While this 1954 issue has only 33 cards, it's not going to be easy completing the set. A few of the cards are going to to cost a few bucks. Anybody ever heard of Mickey Mantle and Stan Musial?
What are Red Hearts?
Red Heart was a brand of dog food.
My understanding is that if you would mail in a couple of labels of Red Heart dog food in 1954 – and ten cents – you could receive one of three subsets (11 cards) of this issue. A total of three subsets were made for a total of 33 cards. Each subset was differentiated by its background color. Cards either came with a green, blue or red background.
One interesting thing is that in 1954, Cardinals star Stan Musial appeared in this set but not in the popular Topps and Bowman sets. Mickey Mantle also appears here while not appearing with Topps.
My understanding is that if you would mail in a couple of labels of Red Heart dog food in 1954 – and ten cents – you could receive one of three subsets (11 cards) of this issue. A total of three subsets were made for a total of 33 cards. Each subset was differentiated by its background color. Cards either came with a green, blue or red background.
One interesting thing is that in 1954, Cardinals star Stan Musial appeared in this set but not in the popular Topps and Bowman sets. Mickey Mantle also appears here while not appearing with Topps.
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1954 newspaper ad
featuring Stan Musial with
offer for baseball cards
1963 Reader's Digest ad
The Checklist
Richie Ashburn
Frank Baumholtz
Gus Bell
Billy Cox
Alvin Dark
Carl Erskine
Ferris Fain
Dee Fondy
Nelson Fox
Jim Gilliam
Jim Hegan
George Kell
Ted Kluszewski
Ralph Kiner
Harvey Kuenn
Bob Lemon
Sherman Lollar
Mickey Mantle
Billy Martin
Gil McDougald
Roy McMillan
Minnie Minoso
Stan Musial
Billy Pierce
Al Rosen
Hank Sauer
Red Schoendienst
Enos Slaughter
Duke Snider
Warren Spahn
Sammy White
Eddie Yost
Gus Zernial
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