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Posted By: robert

Hi Brian,

First of all, Thanks for chiming in and giving me a much needed lesson/reminder on how these were created and distributed.

So, please correct me if I'm wrong. All T206 card fronts were produced at The American Lithograph Co. (in New York), but then sent to separate factories who were in charge of putting the tobacco ads on the back, placing the cards into the packs and distributing them to the surrounding area. Therefore, Southern Leaguers were partially printed (the fronts) in New York, but were never distributed in the area?

If they were never distributed in the NE, why do the cards have the NY factory overstrike on them? Are you saying that the Va factory accidently overprinted a NY factory line twice on the card?

By the way, do you think Old Mill and Lenox Brown should be included in a rare back set?

Robert