Around the time Topps started inserting cards into their penny piece gum "tabs" you would have seen this postmark on an envelope from Brooklyn
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjw_KS9NTZaaz5YY_HJ62kF_gOyJxBYCyJN_Vt6V9jfKi-VqJFHaPo6u-1G4zw09jycqpkmtw6XVLZCqWnpevtnbfLrN7HiP0c7OdJJhVAHMJB1NrA4FIFaWu-mUOM6cmAmHHdG6Y33shg/s320/1949toppspostmarkcleanedup.jpg)
which may have even enclosed a letter
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiniWkZ9byZKka6P3LWWCC3kc5RrHfosvoZS0IJ_D9grW9se6DaJcMHEYGbo8dSxSw0L7FT5L59LwH-d_nIvqV0a54WA0sMllkN-AJ7pgm1qdDqBkrh_LpgySXhv81rHsAvLfmbW8srkMU/s320/Topps59funnymonsterslettercleanedup.jpg)
maybe with an attached business card from a Topps executive
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiogJ2Snmly9BxQTGSiNSdpEuDNRqt1ZrD_DZZn0ro2_482ZLeh0IFHP3eYHSbJ553No1bJkwafqwbDDr7YV9zIuAxgsYyKQwQ-VgRVcTaXi6ToVC7MFeHDr8qRkE2KO5Tst9AAdQnozQ/s320/ToppsBizCardsShippingLabel50sbergercleanedup.jpg)
If you were out in the field, perhaps as a local representative
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTguN4aGOfQmTjD-YO-52f2XSCLzi0yn0dKLuXX4XSZxHTFiO4CUldnrORg9dAhMa4dPvQXNcgFvm3aAfv6jvPxOB9Eh0qSCsxxYqJhPy9gY1uk9vutlJ4_UTWkOztiuO3mc4DRLhTp2A/s320/ToppsBizCardsShippingLabel50srehmcleanedup.jpg)
you might receive your samples in a box with a colorful shipping label
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdKESx2ieKDAtIgbNQ8Qyi3IsFVKkBQ3alUQ1t12SRYUFGPq6Ku34d-o21NDcoefdIbYpd8qwntrvJDoGclSoSOnFujvCs8VjTYw68uE2HBikb2DrIcM8634aRMYDX6FNwyuGu8iFRpmY/s320/ToppsBizCardsShippingLabel50'scleanedup.jpg)
and if you did a really good job, perhaps a nice card around the holidays would be sent in appreciation of all your hard work this past year
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgVyNeDga3_kcOdt0XJQNJ0JRVJhz32zrYz3AN5sb_KHdJiI_yKF1oxZ29JD73oGzIbZ5JAnbYLtiQT9-HhWRWWz1DurI5_tGoQEN8v15y57st6fl3XupKCZY343GstnsuG1scf_szrq4/s320/1957ToppsXmasCardcleanedup.jpg)
OK, some of these are out of chronological sequence and I only own the postage meter cut but you get the idea. Thanks to REA for the letter scan and some anonymous Ebay sellers for the other scans I lifted.
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