Quote:
Originally Posted by tedzan
Pat
We have gone thru this before....that pack in Jon's pix contained T213-2 or T213-3 cards. It did NOT contain 1910 COUPON cards. Think about it, the T-cards of that
era served the purpose of stiffening the cigarette pack. Two cards, one on each side of the pack were inserted.
There's no way the thin cardboard stock that the 1910 COUPON cards were printed on that could serve as stiffeners.
Incidentally, years ago I discussed with Jon the possibility of a cigarette pack containing 1910 COUPON cards, and if I recall correctly: Jon said that none were found.
Furthermore, a pack designed for 1910 COUPON cards would have had Quotation Marks on the brand name as the backs of these cards are printed with. The quotes
signify a new Tobacco brand which is in the process of getting a Registered Trademark.
Here are examples of this....
 ............  . 
 
Therefore, continue your search for a Coupon pack that is labelled..... "COUPON".
Please contact me when you do find such a pack.
TED Z
T206 Reference
. |
It's possible the quotes were never put on the packs from circa 1910.
In post #5 of this thread Jon says the pack on his website is from 1910
hopefully if he changed his mind he will chime in.
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ghlight=Coupon
It seems like they used quotes on a several tobacco products around that time.
I have this Carolina Bright's coupon that has "Carolina Brights" on the coupon
but on the picture of the pack Carolina Brights doesn't have quotes.
Tobacco Coupon Back.jpg Tobacco Coupon.jpg