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Ted ZanidakisContinuing on your post (3/10) here on this thread.....
I think you are right in identifying the Factory shown in my postcard as #42 in the 4th District
of North Carolina (Durham).
First, let's consider how the bottom line of a T206 American Beauty 460 reads......
"FACTORY No 42 4th DIST. N. C."
.....and a Ty Cobb back's bottom line......
"FACTORY No 33 - 4, DIST. OF N.C."
Other than the Factory #'s being different, the similarities between these two brands are thought
provoking.....the same District in NC and the same GREEN ink.
The other two styles of the American Beauty brand are the usual Factory #25, 2nd DIST. VA and
were included in ATC cigarette packs (circa 1910).
The Am Bty 460 and the Ty Cobb brands were in L&M products that were issued in 1911 (or later).
This is certainly true for the rare Piedmont 460/42 cards that I believe were inserted in the L&M
labelled Piedmont cigarette packs....marketed in 1911.
I hope Jon Canfield can chime in here and confirm that there are American Beauty cigarette packs
marked "Manufactured by the Liggett & Meyers Co."
Your thoughts..... ?
TED Z