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JohnI would say there’s nothing to debate here I think both backs are 100% equal in rarity I really don’t think one is more rare than the other.
Just looking over the super set list we have actually confirmed more of the possible Uzit players than we have Red Hindu players. Then taking into consideration all of the cards surveyed about 16k cards the numbers for Red Hindu and Uzit are almost neck and neck with 28 Uzits and 33 Red Hindus.
Both are very scarce backs that are tough to find, I would say that I have seen more VGEX-EX Uzit’s over the years vs. Red Hindu’s.
My theory on condition of these cards is simply time, all of these backs were printed in much lower quantity than any of the main stream backs such as Sweet Caporal or Piedmont and many were really printed towards the middle or tail end of the ATC project. Take lower numbers, collectors mishandling and almost 100yrs of cards getting tossed around and destroyed and the numbers will show lower grade surviving examples as compared to higher grade examples. If Sweet Caporal was as short printed as Uzit or Red Hindu then we would be asking the same questions on why it was so tough to find a nice Sweet Caporal back.
Now with Polar Bear that’s a different story packed with moist loose tobacco no wonder so many examples have stains and are creased as they were pouch vs. boxed, you really want a challange try to find a NM7 or NMMT8 Polar Bear ultra clean with no stains etc.