Another possible solution is to liberate the T206's- break them into 15 different sets, so that Cobb with a Piedmont back, and Cobb with a Sweet Caporal back, would be parts of two different sets. If all of our opinions are based on which company issued the product, then each advertising back should stand alone.
Admittedly, a Drum or Uzit set would be rather small, but so is an E93, or E94, or nearly any other candy set. Then collectors can decide if they want to complete several different subsets under the T206 umbrella, or simply collect one example of each front as they do today.
So a Piedmont set might be T206-1, a Sweet Cap T206-2, a Sovereign T206-3, etc. Then everybody would be happy (except that it would be expensive).
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