The 1949 Bowman America Salutes the FBI set is one that I only recently discovered while browsing an auction catalog from November 1998 and ran across a photo of the wax wrapper.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.postwarcards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1949BowmanFBIWrapper.jpeg?resize=384%2C523&ssl=1)
Here’s a photo of the front and back of the first card in the set that I grabbed from PSA’s Gallery.
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.postwarcards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1949BowmanFBI1Fr.jpg?resize=650%2C385&ssl=1)
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.postwarcards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1949BowmanFBI1Rev.jpg?resize=387%2C650&ssl=1)
Isn’t it interesting how closely the back resembles its baseball cousin?
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.postwarcards.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/04/1949Bowman50Rev.jpg?resize=382%2C650&ssl=1)