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PCThere are many totally false assumptions on this thread.
There is no basis at all for assuming that T206s were printed in rows of 12, simply because the series divide evenly by multiples of 12. Also, I don't believe all the T206 series can be divided evenly by 12 (the 350/460 series is 55 cards + 6 super prints, which is 61. And I thought the 350 only series was 208 (?)).
The 19 card row Obak sheet pictured above has the "PCL" designation in the bottom border -- which means it isn't the 76 card 1909 Obak set. That sheet appears to be from the 175 card 1910 Obak set. And 19 doesn't divide evenly into 175.
Moreover, the E91 strip of 12 pictured above appears to be cut on both ends. It was likely wider than 12 when printed. But, in any event, the E91 sets are each comprised of 33 players, and 12 doesn't divide evenly into 33.
Also, the E91s are a different size than T206s and Obaks, so we cannot draw any conclusions about how many T206s appeared on a sheet from based on an E91 sheet (even if we had a complete E91 sheet to compare).
And while Obaks were printed on the west coast, and T206s printed on the east coast, according to the Standard Catalogue, the Obaks were "produced by the California branch of the same American Tobacco Company conglomerate".
Until something better than even division appears, the 3x19 Obak sheet is still the best evidence of how T206s were printed. They are cards printed by the same company, in the same year, and are the same size, produced to be distributed with the same product type (cigarettes). Plus, the positioning of the "doubles" on the Obak sheet explains perfectly why T206s are found with same and different names in the top border.