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J HullNYHF, when you point out the chew and smoke brands associated with sport and nonsport cards you're making the case for those of us who are disagreeing with you. None of them say cigarette. They say scrap, or long cut tobacco, or plug, or twist, or something other than cigarette. If you can point to any loose tobacco product brand that's advertised on the back of a tobacco card via the word "cigarette," I'd very much like to see it.
I think it's probably also worth pointing out that Factory 25, 2nd District of Virgina was a cigarette factory. Very, very few, if any, loose tobacco products were ever manufactured there. In fact, I think none were. ATC used the Mayo branch for the manufacture of those products in Richmond (which was Factory 42, 2nd District of Virginia). What factory designation is included on your Drum pouch? That's much more valuable information than the tax stamp date. By law, if the pouch is 1910-era, it had to contain the factory designation, as did any insert inside the package.