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Jon CanfieldFrank - I'm not sure if I follow your argument as to how the thinner cardstock, alone, would make T213-1's different altogether. Is there some other supporting evidence besides the thin stock?
Also, there is important information that I have overlooked until reading your post which I believe would lend at least some credence to the argument that Coupon Type 1's were part of the T-206 distribution and my information goes specifically to the "thinner cardstock" argument.
When researching Coupon cigarette packs, I found that Coupon packs were not slide and shells made out of cardboard like the rest of the T-206 brands but were instead soft packs. I have a scan of a Coupon cigarette pack that is part of a private collection which helps prove this.
The thinner stock used on Type 1's may be due to the fact that a thicker stock would have torn the soft paper of the Coupon cigarette packs. After all, it has always been said that AB backed cards are not the same size as other T-206 cards because the cigarette boxes were smaller (even though my AB box seems to be the same size as my other T206 packs).