rarest backs

[Leon]

Originally Posted by obcmac

If we're putting fake backs on the list, it's going to be quite the list ;-)

Blue Old Mill might be debatable. I don't think I see any others that are questionable? However the OP says the backs might be found on ebay at any given time? That list is not those....

and as for Greiners, I think of them more as F-Unc but who am I to say? There are very low known populations of most of those..E94 has 10 different overprints known plus a few very minor variations.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by Leon

Blue Old Mill might be debatable. I don't think I see any others that are questionable? However the OP says the backs might be found on ebay at any given time? That list is not those....

No, the fronts. You can, right now, find an E94, an E98, a T206, a T216, etc. on eBay.

[Seiklis]

T215-2 Pirate
T213-3 Overprint
T216 Blank back
T205 Blank Back

Few more you're missing

Far as I know the closest you'll get to a rare T212 is the T212-2 150 cards but there could be rarer backs I don't know about

[wazoo]

This one

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by Seiklis

T215-2 Pirate
T213-3 Overprint
T216 Blank back
T205 Blank Back

Few more you're missing

Far as I know the closest you'll get to a rare T212 is the T212-2 150 cards but there could be rarer backs I don't know about

Thank you.

A T215 Pirate is almost as common as a T215 Red Cross, isn't it? That's why I left them off.

T213-3 overprint might be a good addition, depending on whether the comparison set is T213 altogether or just T213-3, but my inclination would be to use T213-3 since it was issued so much later, as opposed to just being a different style printed in the same year.

[wolf441]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

A T215 Pirate is almost as common as a T215 Red Cross, isn't it? That's why I left them off.

Not even close. You can usually find a T215 Red Cross on ebay (though over-priced). There have only been 1-2 examples of any subject with the T215 Pirate back.

[darwinbulldog]

Originally Posted by wolf441

Not even close. You can usually find a T215 Red Cross on ebay (though over-priced). There have only been 1-2 examples of any subject with the T215 Pirate back.

That's a separate issue. There are about 100 Pirates that I know of. How many hundreds or thousands of Red Crosses do you suppose there are? I was generally trying to limit myself to cards that would make up less than 1% of the total for the cataloged set. Surely there aren't 10,000 T215s, are there?

[Mikehealer]

T213-1 and T214 both have common fronts(T206), but not the easiest ad backs.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

Thank you.

A T215 Pirate is almost as common as a T215 Red Cross, isn't it? That's why I left them off.

T213-3 overprint might be a good addition, depending on whether the comparison set is T213 altogether or just T213-3, but my inclination would be to use T213-3 since it was issued so much later, as opposed to just being a different style printed in the same year.

It absolutely is NOT !

Just ask anyone on this forum if they have a BB subject with a PIRATE back ?

You may be quite surprised how few responses you get.











TED Z
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[ullmandds]

there can't be more than 100-120 t215 pirates known...eh ted?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

there can't be more than 100-120 t215 pirates known...eh ted?

And 96 of them are in Richard Masson's collection. Which leaves 15 - 20 for everyone else.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by darwinbulldog

No, the fronts. You can, right now, find an E94, an E98, a T206, a T216, etc. on eBay.

Gotcha on the fronts. I didn't understand the question. Yes, most of the fronts are fairly common..