D (Bread) Issues - Ratings

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Posted By: <b>Mark</b><p>This has been rattling in the ol'skull for a while, so here it goes...<br /><br />Top ten D issues: (Toughest to Easiest)<br /><br />1. D355 Niagra<br />2. D380 Clement Bros.<br />3. D382 Tarzan Bread<br />4. D359 Rochester/Williams<br />5. D381 Fleischmann<br />6. D310 Pacific Coast Biscuit<br />7. D303 Gen. Baking (Taken as a whole: Icld. all backs)<br />8. D311 Pacific Coast Biscuit<br />9. D304 Gen. Baking (Taken as a whole: Incld. all backs)<br />10. D322 Tip Top Bread Pirates<br /><br />Man, after listing them I am not so sure.....<br /><br />Opinions.....<br /><br />- Mark<br />

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Posted By: <b>Bob</b><p>Mark- Man I don't know about the D311s being ranked so low. They are impossible. I did sell 3 recently to finance the purchase of some other cards, but other than those 3 from my collection and one SGC 80 Pfyl that sold in Goodwin's, I don't recall seeing a single one for sale in over a year...<br />tbob

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Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>Your list is exactly how Id rank them, except Id switch #2 and #3.<br /><br /><br /><br /><img src="http://members.aol.com/canofprimo/niagara.jpg"><br />Niagara backstamp<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>Dylan</b><p>Just curious.. has anyone heard of someone try and forge a rare backstamp, like the niagra for instance?

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Posted By: <b>Andy Cook</b><p>I think Clark's Bread, which are related to E121 are just as difficult as some of the sets on the list.<br /><br />Andy

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Posted By: <b>Joe D.</b><p>I am not too familiar with the sets...<br /><br />but that is the e101 back with a stamp on it. And being that the type on the e101 ends with a comma instead of a period - it looks like the intention was for these things to be stamped by whatever retailer wanted to.<br /><br />So my question is --- are these actually different sets? Or are we just seeing the e101s intended personalization by a retailer?<br /><br />

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Posted By: <b>leon</b><p>You are correct on both cases. Yes, it's the same set as E101, as retailers just put a stamp on the back. Yes, Jeff Burdick, classified them as D355....so they are D355 as a catalogued set. I have seen 1 of them that was in a Lipset auction. A board member got it and sold/traded it to another board member around a year ago. I have been begging that board member for it since he got it <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14>. Begging isn't working....There are more, I believe, as there are several checklisted in different places....but heck if I know where. As everything goes another will eventually show up. My guess is that whomever has them might not know what they are, except for a caramel card with a pesky purple mark on the back....sort of like the handful of others with pesky marks (overprints)....As for the ratings of scarcity I think the initial order pretty close with a few that could be interchanged....Tarzan's are really tough. I would probably put them at #2. regards<br />

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Posted By: <b>Anonymous</b><p>I concur with your list as well...but think D322 could be a tad touher than D304...at least in my experience in collecting those sets...D304 just beats you up more with all the expensive HOF'ers.

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Posted By: <b>Glen V</b><p>I'd put the D-Unc Middy Bread way up that list too.

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Posted By: <b>fkw</b><p>Id put this uncataloged card at the top, since I have yet to see another <img src="/images/happy.gif" height=14 width=14><br /><br /><img src="http://centuryoldcards.com/images/krogerriddle.jpeg"><br />2" X 3.25" ca.1941

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Posted By: <b>Paul</b><p>Where do D327 Holsum bread cards rank? And how about the Standard Biscuits that looke like E121s?

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Posted By: <b>Andy Cook</b><p>Holsum Breads are not that difficult to find - I've had over 40 of them over the past 7-10 years. Standard Biscuits that look like E121s are very difficult to find in my opinion. I've probably only had 2-3 of them.<br /><br />Andy