[Rich Klein]

Originally Posted by boneheadandrube

He's probably talking about the "Southern Cards Find", as it was called that pre dates all of those. A company called Southern Cards that advertrised in the old SCD paper/magazine found a large number of uncirculated T206's (1000+). They originally walked into a Mall Show (card show held inside a shopping Mall). at the end of the 1980's or very beginning of the 1990's, so ~1988-1991. I can't recall the exact date, but I purchased dozens of cards directly from them and some whenever they ended up with dealers at subsequent shows. After decades of learning about T206, and understanding the circumstances of the find from at least one person involved I would guess that the cards had been taken home from one of the packing factories before being inserted into the packs, i.e. factory 25. In the group that I am aware of, there were Piedmont 150-350 series, Piedmont 350 only series, Sovereign 150-350 series, and Old Mill Southern League. These are all factory 25 backs. There was a second group that I never saw any cards from, that's why I stated 1000+ cards as I think there were two halves, each with 800-1000.

added: The term "Southern Find" was originally used for this group, minus the word "Cards" from that company's name. Later finds of tobacco cards in the south (Southern US) were also unimaginatively called "Southern Finds" so there is an intermingling of names. The other one that is usually referenced on this forum are cards from Louisiana.

Correct, the late Marco Rol was the purchaser of those cards and that was because it was the name of his store. IIRC it was late 1988 or early 1989