1946-47 Caramelo Deportivo card #58 of Adolfo Luque, graded SGC 1.5. Dolf Luque is best known for his long and illustrious career pitching in MLB from 1914 to 1935, and is also considered one of the finest Cuban baseball managers of all time. Luque and other fair-skinned Cubans who passed as “white” at the time occupied a very unique position in the United States, playing in American Negro Leagues on integrated Cuban rosters, while also being afforded the opportunity to play while-only MLB.

The cards in the two Caramelo Deportivo sets produced in Cuba for the 1945-46 and 1946-47 baseball seasons measure approximately 1 7/8" by 2 5/8". They are paper thin and were designed to be pasted into albums. They were distributed in packages of caramels and are often found with corresponding staining, similar to 1914 Cracker Jack cards in the United States. Most cards in circulation have been removed from their albums, and back damage is common. Fronts feature a black-and-white photo surrounded by a thin black border and creamy white margins, with the card number in a small circle at the bottom. Backs list the player's name, brief bio, and a promotional advertisement for the issuer, "Felices.” The 1946-47 cards have a semi-glossy front and are on a higher quality, lighter card stock which makes them less fragile than the 1945-46 cards, but more susceptible to creasing. Note that many “high grade” 46-47 Deportivos are actually more recently hand-cut from defective uncut sheets. Those cards can be identified by the faint printing on the back and bright white color. This particular card is original and circulated with dark printing on the back and honest wear.