Collecting Exclusive Series of the T206 Set

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Recently I posted that I "completed" my 2nd set of T206 cards. This one I
considered done with 520 cards. But, this time I enhanced this collection
with 35 of the different back permutations. I still need 5 to have all 40.

Furthermore, to encourage a greater challenge doing this set, I exclusively
collected cards in their respective Series. That is, we know that the first
Series of 150 Subjects actually comprises 156 different cards. Of these, I
had to dismiss Wagner, Plank, and Magie. So, my goal was to acquire the re-
maing 153 cards, preferably with Piedmont 150 backs. However, this is quite
a difficult task, so of course there are a mixture of some Sovereign 150 and
some Sweet Caporal 150 backs. But, the majority of this Series in this set
is Piedmont.

I still need about two dozen to accomplish this mission of all Piedmont.

And, of course we know that in the 460 Series there are only 40 cards that
are exclusive to this Series. So, that was fairly easy to acquire. However,
trying to maintain a single Tobacco brand is not so easy. But, the most I
have acquired are either Sovereign 460 or American Beauty 460. Just because
these are printed in Green ink.

And, all the remaining 327 cards in this set have a variety of 350 Subjects
backs.

So, I am wondering if anyone else on this Forum has attempted to collect
this set exclusively by Series breakdown (as identified in Bill Heitman's book),
or with respect to certain Tobacco brands, or in any other fashion ?