Produced by the Jay S. Meyer company of Philadelphia, PA in 1909, this issue was known for nearly 100 years as simply the "W555 Strip Card Set," with only theoretical guesses as to which sort of product these postage stamp-sized hand-cut cards were packaged with. Most felt that the cards were cut from boxes of candy, their sepia images superimposed with a player and team name. With player images related to other candy cards of the era (according to the Standard Catalog, the images utilize the players and poses featured in the E93, E94, E97 and E98 sets), the cards have long been considered a candy issue.  

However, recent discoveries of complete uncut boxes have revealed the Jay S. Meyer confectionery association. The cards, four or which were printed on each of the small boxes, could be cut off their box - however, the box itself folded into what resembled a small "pinhole camera" or toy camera. Perhaps the box was intended to be a toy camera which took the attached "pictures." Perhaps it was meant to be a viewer of some sort. The answer may be forever lost to history.

Offered here is a pair of World Series winners (Leach in 1909 - Plank in 1910, 1911, and 1913). While each card has been graded Authentic by SGC, the scarcity of these issues far outweighs any flaws on these examples.

SGC has only ever graded 7 total examples of this W555 of Tommy Leach.

 SGC has only ever graded 12 total examples of this W555 of Hall of Famer Eddie Plank.