Posted By:
Frank WakefieldI think it was your #2, Shawn.
The few times I've encountered some of these cards and it seemed like it was a group that hadn't been "collected", but rather a group that was being "preserved" where some "collector" of a prior generation had collected them; in those situations it seemed to me that most of the cards were from the league nearest geographically.
Of one bunch, found in Kentucky, I think just over half were series 6 cards.
So my thinking is that about half of the cards were geographically placed.
A half and half scheme would have "collectors" of the day aware of the other series. Which would have spurred additional collecting.
What I wonder is if some Old Mill cigarette packages would of the day, early 1910, would have Red Border Mill cards (T210s), while other Old Mill cigarette packages would have Old Mill white border cards (T206s). Seems to me these cards were distributed at the same time...
I'd like to hear from others about this, what are your thoughts?