Long-time T205 collectors are quite aware of these
ELUSIVE 20 cards, so this info is primarily intended for new collectors of this set. Ten of these T205's have in common
the following. They were printed with just these 6 tobacco backs and are somewhat tougher to find than most other T205's (which were printed with as many as 12 backs).
.................... Factory #42, N.C. ........................................... Factory #30, N.Y. ........................................... Factory #60, N.Y.
............................ Factory # 6, OH
SOMEWHAT TOUGH TEN
.......... Cobb ................................... Barger .................................................. Bender .............................................. Bresnahan ............................................. Camnitz
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.......... Kroh ....................... Oldring ........................Titus ....................... Smith ...................... Wilson
TOUGH TEN
The following 10 subjects are at a tougher level of difficulty. They were printed with just 5 of the above tobacco backs. As of yet, none of these 10 have been confirmed
with the AMERICAN BEAUTY back.
NOTE The Wiltse (right ear) is included only because this card happens to be in this series of scans. This Wiltse card is a real tough one, as it is one of the Short-Printed
T205 cards.
.. Barger (partial B) .................................... Ford (white cap) ........................................ Rowan ............................................... Walsh
....... Scanlon ................................................ Sweeney ............................................ Vaughn ......................................... Wiltse (right ear)
..Collins (mouth open) ............ Fisher ....................... Kirb White
Of course there are approx. 20 tougher T205 subjects than the above 20, that were Short-Printed (besides the stats and printing irregularities). Invariably, the scarcity of
a particular subject is essentially related to the number of Tobacco backs it was printed with (i.e., less backs = less availability). I hope that these tougher T205 cards will
be discussed in following posts on this thread.
Would appreciate any comments or pictures regarding T205 front/back combos......or, anything T205.
TED Z