Posted By:
Kevin CummingsMartin:
The semicircular "Old Judge Cigarettes" wording on the 1887 cards can appear in a banner, a rectangle and a few oddly shaped containers that can appear to the left, above or to the right of the player image.
I am not aware that these, in and of themselves, are viewed as variations (like poses or team designations would be) or would have any particular value associated with them.
The Dalrymple examples below show various shapes, sizes and placements.
BTW - the pictures came from Bobby's site and Dave Levin's site is www.gfg.com