[DixieBaseball]

Ted - I would love to see this card as well... Hope to catch up with you at the National... I know the raw Type 1's I have are thin, but now I want to go crack open the one's in plastic to see if there is any variation... (I will mull that over for awhile) If that is a one off card, let the speculation begin on how, why, who, and what... Very interesting... Question for the experts.... Help me connect the dots... Were most, or all Tobacco cards produced at the same location (N.Y.), then shipped to these factories for packing, etc. ? How many different locations produced the T cards ? Would it have been simply a error when producing the T213-1, where by a sheet was made with the thicker card stock from one of the other La. brands, then shipped to factories for packing with cig's, etc. ?? I can see where if all of the (see below) brands were being produced there was a variety of different card stock. We know that T213-1 and T211's were being produced around the same time, right !? Their thickness is different, but they were sent to the same factory number 3 in La.

- Factory No. 3 (La.) - T211, T213-1,2,3 (red sun, coupon)
- Factory No. 4 (La.) - T216 (kotton,mino)
- Factory No. 8 (La.) - T214,T213-3 Overprint (coupon,virgina extra)
- Factory No. 10 (N.J.) - T215 (red cross)
- Factory No. 11 (La.) - T216 (kotton mild and sweet)

This Cobb card of Ted's possibly gives more insight into the process back in the day, with all these different type's, as we know there was not just 3 types with Coupon (diffent thickness,glossy,dull,blue ink) but also differnt types for the Kotton, Mino, and Red Cross Cig's as well...

Very interesting Ted - How bout a measurement !?