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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

It's been 11 months since I first embarked on this adventure to put together an all-Sovereign set. It was a real
labor of love, since I realized very early in the game that a good number of T206 subjects were not printed with
the Sovereign brand. So, an additional challenge was to research which ones were not printed.....otherwise, I'd
never be confident that I completed this set. To that end, I've discovered 66 cards that I refer to as "No-Prints".

Now that it is 99.3% complete, I derive a certain sense of satisfaction as I flip the album pages of this set; and,
there is a complete field of GREEN backs, rather than the usual "rainbow" array of T206 backs.

Consider this, this 404 card Sovereign set requires none of the "Big Six"....no 48 Southern Leaguers....and, there
are 66 No-Prints.....therefore, 404 different T206 Subjects comprise this basic set. Can you beat that ?

Furthermore, if you include the Six Super-Prints with their very tough Sovereign 460 backs, then you have the
"ultimate" Sovereign set consisting of 410 cards.

So, I still need the following 4 cards; and, any help will really be appreciated....

Ball (NY).........150 series
Campbell.........350 series
Jim Collins.......350 series
Red Cobb........460 series (super-print)

Last Series (52 cards)....which includes the very tough 6 super-prints with Sovereign 460 backs (missing Red Cobb).


See guys....I even have a few Graded cards in this set....12 to be exact.




But, you have to love all these....there's nothing like touching little pieces of cardboard depicting your favorite BB players.


TED Z collection