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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Here are the details of my just completed all-SWEET CAPORAL (Factory 30, 2nd Dist. N.Y.) set.

The following reasons for choosing the Factory 30 version (as opposed to the Factory 25) are:

1....American Litho. printed virtually all the T206 Subjects with this back (except the Southern
Leaguers); therefore, no guesswork in searching for those "tricky" No Prints.

2....The Sweet Cap. Factory 30 cards are much more available than the Sweet Cap. Factory 25.


My set is missing only 4 cards........

Honus Wagner....Sweet Cap 150/30

Eddie Plank....Sweet Cap 150/30

Jack Chesbro....Sweet Cap 150/30

Harry Krause (pitching)....Sweet Cap 350/30


Here are the 55 - NO PRINT's in this Sweet Caporal (Factory 30) set.....

Ray Demmitt (St Louis)
Joe Doyle (error)
Red Kleinow (Boston)
Carl Lundgren (Cubs)
Sherry Magie
Bill O'Hara (St. Louis)
Frank Smith (Chicago & Boston)
and,
all 48 - Southern League cards

Therefore, a complete Sweet Cap/30 set consists of 469 cards.


A sampling of some of this set's stars from their respective Series are shown here......






So, this adventure culminates my goal to complete the 3 most available T-brand sets in the T206 issue.
Constructing these "all-T brand" T206 sub-sets, in my opinion, is the only proven way to actually confirm
what backs the T206 ballplayers were printed on.



All together, I have completed a grand total of 5 - T206 sets since 1977. My current ones are......


1.....all-PIEDMONT, Factory 25....(99% complete) set of 519 cards

2.....all-SWEET CAPORAL, Factory 30....(99.5% complete) set of 467 cards

3.....all-SOVEREIGN, Factory 25....(100% complete) set of 410 cards



I would like to thank the Net54er's who have helped me to achieve these goals these past 4 years.


edited to add that I acquired the Chesbro and Krause cards. Now, all I need is Plank and Wagner


TED Z