3 Antique Beistle Halloween Die-Cut Nut Cups Original Packaging-Black Cat

I enjoy seeing listings like this one that shed light on the production history of an item. The similar item shown on page 221 has packaging characteristics that firmly date it to the 1930-1931 season. This listing shows an envelope that is plain, lacks a stock number and seems to be made from the same thin-paper stock Beistle used during the early 1920s. It makes me question my belief that these nut/candy trays were produced for a single season. It’s hard to chart the birth/death of Beistle products because Beistle catalogs are scarce compared to those issued by Dennison. Beistle sent their catalogs to retailers, who would use them to order for their brick and mortar shops. (As an aside, there seems to be an abundance of Beistle catalogs from 1948, so perhaps they had a change of strategy for that season.) In any event, these nut/candy trays surface infrequently enough that they were surely produced for a small handful of seasons.