[tedzan]

Originally Posted by canjond

The size of AB cards may be as simple as sheet configuration. Although the long standing rumor was the packs are narrower, resulting in a small width tot he cards, that is completely not the case. I have AB packs from 1905, 1908 and 1910. All are the exact same size, and all match the same dimensions as other T206 packs (ala Old Mill, SC, Piedmont, Sovereign, etc).

Jon

Is it possible that ATC was planning (circa 1910-1911) to market the American Beauty brand with a slimmer cigarette, which would have resulted in a narrower
(10-cigarette) pack ?

Therefore, American Lithographic, in anticipation of this, trimmed down all their American Beauty cards.







A full 10-pack of 100-year old cigarettes....and gee, am I tempted to light up one of these American Beauty's


TED Z