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Originally Posted by tedzan
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3rd.....by early 1911, American Litho. extended the two 350 series Cobb's (Red Portrait & Bat Off) into the 460 series. Of the
41 - Red HINDU's that are known, guess what 2 subjects are missing....THESE TWO COBB's ? ?
TED Z
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The red Hindu, red portrait Cobb above, which I remember was in a Mastro auction about ten or eleven years ago, looks good to me. I don't see any glaring reason to suspect it is re-backed. It would be easy enough to put it under a black light and look at the edges to see if any glue fluoresces. But my hunch is that the more likely scenario is that is legit. If in theory a bat off example should also exist, given the extreme rarity of all red Hindus (usually only one-two known examples of known issues), it would not be at all surprising if it was simply that none survived. I can't see Cobb being ok with printing millions of those cards, but singling out a single factory or distribution area that he did not want them.
JimB