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Posted By: Pennsylvania Ted

As of today, there are no reported "350" backs on Ewing....Jones....Lindaman....
and, only two on Lundgren. However, this survey (177 cards to date) does not
in anyway discount possible "350" backs on the above 3 players.

But, let's consider the 4 above players' Major League history......

Ewing (Cinc).....traded from Cinc. to Phila (NL) Jan. 1910

Tom Jones (St Louis).....traded from St Louis to Detroit on Aug 20, 1909

Lindaman (Bost).....MLB career ended in 1909 (pitched in 15 games)

Lundgren (Cubs).....MLB career ended in 1909 (pitched only in 2 games)

The point I'm trying to make is, as these 4 players' MLB careers changed in 1909,
there is a real good probabilty that the T206 designers decided not to extend
3 of them into their subsequent 350 Series (issued in 1910)....The year 1909,
of course, is critical to this debate, since that was the year the 150 Series was
first issued.
And, regarding Lundgren, a "350" back of him I would argue is very, very rare.

Furthermore, all the EPDG backs have only shown up with these 4 players.
Not a single reported EPDG back for Ames....Doyle....Schulte; therefore, at
this point are we to conclude that these three are indeed "150-only" cards ?

And, I arrive at this conclusion since some have said that "150-only" T206
cards and EPDG backs are mutually exclusive.