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Originally Posted by DixieBaseball
Ted,
Thanks for sharing your knowledge -
Have you ever lined up the 68 1910 Coupons and cross referenced the 20 SLer's to see if any pattern emerges? Just curious if there is any trends with respect to the 48/20 Coupon Type 1's to the 150/350 series, Hindu SLer's, etc.
Keep it Classy,
JJ
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Hi Jeremy....here you go, see if this works for you.
The Major Leaguers....my theory is that American Litho (ALC) was in the midst of press runs (circa early Spring of 1910) producing the 48 - T206's shown here.
Concurrent with these T206 press runs, ALC also printed these 48 guys on thinner cardboard stock
** for the limited production of the 1910 COUPON issue.
Major Leaguers (48 subjects)
Southern Association (20 subjects)
Concurrent with the above press runs, ALC was also printing sheets of the Southern Leaguers for their PIEDMONT 350 press runs. During this process, ALC also
printed (on thinner stock) the 20 subjects of the Southern Association needed for the 1910 COUPON issue.
** NOTE
The reason for the "thinner cardboard stock" was because the 1910 COUPON cards were not intended to serve as Cigarette pack stiffeners.
This appears to be a valid theory since no such packs labelled
"COUPON" Cigarettes have ever been found. And, I don't think they exist.
TED Z
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