Help-1922 Eastern Exhibit Ruth no stamp
 

I have been wondering what the deal is with this card for a while. I understand that there are two types- the Black and White and the Sepia toned (this being the B@W). What is odd to me, however, is the fact that every Eastern Exhibit card i have seen has "Eastern Exhibit Supply co. 615 Dickenson, Philadelphia PA" stamped on the back while this one does not..anyone have any idea why it's missing on mine?


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From what I have seen the Black and White version were the first print run and the address was not included, the 5 I had years ago not one had the address. The address was added and the color charged shortly after release so the B/W are very scarce (have not seen them bring much of a premium thou). The final change to the series was when the company was sold to Exhibit Supply they then blacked out the old address on the back and added the new address.

So three different backs on this series with two different colors. Here are the different fronts

http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...lexander60.jpghttp://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...lexander10.jpg
Here are the 3 backs, my b/w has some paper attached but you can see there is no print under it-
http://i112.photobucket.com/albums/n...ckExamples.jpg

Thanks!
 

I appreciate it Scott! A lot of the the info. I previously gathered on this set was from your posts a few years ago so thanks for helping again!