Talking & showing T205's...Completed the set ? then try for T205 "Quad Squad" subsets

[tedzan]

Let's see some of your favorite T205 cards, rare backs, sub-sets, Cigarette packs, Advertisements, etc. Near Mint cards, or less than Vg cards (condition is
immaterial) for this show.

Mission accomplished.....my first T205 "Quad Squad" (as I like to refer to it) is a printing arrangement that American Lithographic (ALC) first designed into
the T206 set during their printing of the 350 Series (Summer 1910). It includes 190 subjects in this T206 Series. For more info refer to...…
https://www.net54baseball.com/showth...=237816&page=1 Post #25.

It combines subjects with the American Beauty = Broad Leaf = Cycle = Drum (A = B = C = D) backs. In 1911 ALC repeated this pattern in the T205 set.
But, only with 32 subjects. For more on this group of 32, refer to.... T205 DRUM vs HINDU....or, other tough front/back combos....let's talk T205's

Having said all that, I'm happy to say that I have finally completed my first T205 A = B = C = D run..... Harry Wolter (from my Highlanders / Yankees set).

I acquired this Wolter DRUM card 5 years ago from Joe Drelich, and I thought the other three members of this "Quad Squad" would come easy.
But, searching for certain T205 front/back combos can be tough. And Ringo Starr in his 1971 song titled "It Don't Come Easy"....said it best



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Further research reveals this special group of 32 subjects, which were printed with the A = B = C= D pattern, were printed with a total of 12
different Tobacco advertising backs. Twelve backs are the max....the other 176 subjects in the T205 set were printed with less than 12 backs.

Check-list of the 12 different T205 backs for this group of 32 subjects.………...

AMERICAN BEAUTY (Black ink) **
BROAD LEAF (black or green ink)
CYCLE
DRUM
HASSAN (Factory #30)
HASSAN (Factory #649)
HONEST LONG CUT
PIEDMONT (Factory #25)
PIEDMONT (Factory #42)
POLAR BEAR
SOVEREIGN
SWEET CAPORAL (Factory #42) Red ink


**Note.....
the key factor in this A = B = C = D equation is the Black American Beauty back. Note that the T205 subjects with the Green American Beauty
back will NOT be found with a DRUM back.


Stay tuned....the Check-list for this group of 32 subjects will be included in the next post here.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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