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Ted Zanidakis American Lithographic Co. (ALC) produced all the T206's; and, that includes the American Beauty (AB) cards.
The AB's are approx. 1/16th of an inch thinner than the standard width of T206's.
Furthermore, Frank Wakefield has observed that some of the Broad Leaf cards appear slightly thinner than the
normal 1 7/16 inch width of a T206. I bring this fact up, since if you recall my "ABCD" theory (illustrated here,
which also includes the 1910 Coupon), that these five T-brands must have been produced simultaneously in
the Summer of 1910 by ALC.
Cycle cards from this ABCD series are always normal width. But, the BROAD LEAF's and DRUM's do vary in width.
I can't attest to the 1910 Coupon's, as I don't have any. I do have Coupon T213-3's and they are narrow like the
AB's. But, the T213-3 were issued several years later. Perhaps, someone will chime in regarding the width of the
1910 Coupon cards.
My point here is that 3 brands of this ABCD series (of five), for whatever reason, do have varying widths....with
the AB's being consistently narrow.
TED Z