t206 polar bear pack

[thehoodedcoder]

did anyone else see this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/POLAR-BEAR-T...vip=true&rt=nc


i assume so. whats everyones take on it containing a card?

kevin

[steve B]

I can't think of any cards with the Buffalo brand. So no, probably no card.

Steve B

[steve B]

OK, that's wierd.

The first time I clicked the link it went here
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Antique-Buff...21168749038%26

Which is a Buffalo brand pouch/pack from a different seller.

The second time it went to the Polar Bear pack.

Maybe, but they conveniently don't show the cancel on the tax stamp. It's at least the right series, but that series was used for a few years.

Steve B

[ScottFandango]

No longer available....

Wonder if it sold offline..

[Cerberus]

The owner of this pack is a member of this Board. Perhaps he'll choose to chime in.

Most of these PB packs you will see offered for sale, have a red-typed overstamp on the "1910" Tax Stamp, dating the pack outside of the time period during which T205's or T206's were inserted. When I spoke with the owner about this listing, he was unable to fully see the overstamp, through the wax/cellophane wrapper.

My own pack is nm+, and also has a red overstamp--although much of it, including the year, is faded. It is highly unlikely that any cards are inside. I'm still waiting to see a PB pack like this, without the red overstamp.

Michael

[steve B]

I doubt you'll find one without the red overstamp. That's supposed to be the cancel. It should include the company and at least a coded date which is usually the month of packing.

The examples here show one on the left that's actually ATC from early 1911.
http://www.rdhinstl.com/tpd/cigarette.jpg

While this one is 1915
http://stampwants-stamps.bidstart.co...7129401/a.html

Steve B

[Leon]

Originally Posted by thehoodedcoder

did anyone else see this?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/POLAR-BEAR-T...vip=true&rt=nc


i assume so. whats everyones take on it containing a card?

kevin

It has to have the right factory number and district number to start with, in order to contain a card. After that it needs to be produced in the time frame the cards would have come in them. The only way to know if those are in order is by examining the pack. If there is no overprint stamped date on the tax stamp, and you can't feel a card through the pack, then there is no way of knowing if a card is in it or not. Even with everything correct I think there would still be a chance of no card. The only proof positive way to know is to feel a card inside it. I had a Pirate pack that I could feel a card in and it was sealed. I have since sold it.