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Originally Posted by Pat R
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Thank you Pat! Definitely don't remember seeing that one up for sale. Wish I had though.
These silks are still so unappreciated by many collectors IMO, especially with the ad-backed white version silks. You have three separate and distinct ink colors used on the front images, and four different tobacco brands shown on the advertising backs, including two versions of the Turkey Red backs (with and without the border/frame), so you have five total advertising backs they come with. So there are a lot of variations to this set, somewhat along the lines of the T206 set with all its variations, just not as many. But there are some true rarities in the silks, including a precious few known proofs, that can blow away most anything in the T206 universe as far as how few examples of something are still known to exist.
And one of the great side benefits of the silks is there aren't likely going to be any fakes or reprints out there you have to worry about either.