Well....7 days have transpired since I posted this request/reward....but, so far there have not been any responses ? ?
Look, the printing pattern of the 350/460 series (63 subjects) has been figured out. Especially with respect to AMERICAN BEAUTY 460, BROAD LEAF 460, red HINDU, and UZIT
backs. The printing rules for these 4 backs are well established; therefore, I do NOT expect that any Ames (hands over head) cards with UZIT backs will ever be discovered.
However, T206resource (and other sources on this forum who cite them) claims that Ames/UZIT has been "confirmed".
So, I say let's see this UZIT card (and for that matter, the Ames/AB 460 card). Where are these cards ? ?
I will be set-up at the Chicago National in July. I welcome anyone having either one of these Ames cards to show me them. If they are legit, I'll gladly give him the $500 reward.
I am reprising my scans of the
350/460 series subjects in order to illustrate how the mutually-exclusive "460-type" backs in this series resulted from American Lithographic
separating these 63 subjects into two print groups.
Group A of the
350/460 series includes
35 subjects which were printed and issued with these four 460-type backs (circa..late 1910 > early 1911).
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Factory #25 VA .........................
Factory#42 N.C.
Conversely, these 35 subjects were
NOT PRINTED with....
AMERICAN BEAUTY 460....
UZIT
Group A (35 subjects)
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Group B (28 subjects)
Group B of the
350/460 series includes
28 subjects which were printed and issued with these two 460-type backs (circa....Feb-Mar 1911).
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Conversely, these 28 subjects were
NOT PRINTED with....
SWEET CAPORAL 460 Factory 25....
SWEET CAPORAL 460 Factory 42....
red HINDU....
BROAD LEAF 460
Finally, regarding the
460-only series, only 29 of the 46 subjects in this series have been confirmed with the UZIT back. In fact, just these past 6 months, 2 new UZIT cards were
discovered. I acquired a UZIT card of McGraw (glove at hip). And, a Frill/UZIT was discovered (currently in Heritage's auction). So, the 460-only series is still a work in progress.
My UZIT checklist will be posted in the following post.
TED Z
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