Just curious to know whether your Richmond packs are dated during the years the cards were inserted. The overprinted dates on tax revenue stamps prove when they were used. I have not seen a 20 with the overprint, I'd like to know. Generally the printing is in red ink but the later ones are blue. It's been nine years since I wrote the SCD article on cigarette packs but I only covered the 19th century products. Due for an update.
The first TT is a file image; the second is mine. The TT photo print is a mystery. Untold numbers of tobacco shops were supplied with photo prints to handout with every ten cent pack of TT cigarettes they sold. This form of card distribution must be unique. None survived?
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