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Hi Ted,

You made some good points. Thank you.

Again, I'm not suggesting that these card backs were printed at the different factories, just that it's possible the backs were printed at a different shop than that of the ALC.

Why would the letter instruct ALC to insert the cards into the packs? I thought the insertion into the packs happened at the tobacco factories.

As far as James Duke, I'm a nonsports collector and follow a lot of the Duke issues. He had issues where he used other lithography companies. Duke had a lot of friends.

Duke issues also used:

Giles Company out of NY.
Geo Harris and Sons out of Phila.
Donaldson Brothers, NY.
Schumaker and Ettinger, NY

And more. This was at the same time that he was using Knapp's services which at the time was called Knapp & Co.

Rob