T206 Backs
Jim,
With all due respect you can not assume that only a dozen copies of the Brown Lenox exist. There really has been no detailed analysis of this back type done before. Bill Brown's superset only lists 2 confirmed players. We know that this is obviously not true based on the 16 subjects already listed in this thread. In addition, this number was arrived at without really engaging others to provide input. I'm pretty sure the number of subjects will grow, as well as, the number of known examples per subject will grow.
Thus, I think it should not be stated that only a dozen examples exist until the proper analysis is performed.
As far as Brown Old Mills go I think the argument of including them on a rarity list just because they exist is inconsistent with removing the Old Mill Overprints from the rarity list. Just like the hand cut Brown Old Mills the overprints are also brown and hand cut. The only difference is that the overprints have the extra Factory 649 stamp on them. In my opinion all the Brown Old Mills were errors and/or an experiment. If you are going to include them in a back rarity list you should also put the Brown Old Mill Overprints back in.
Just my 2 cents.
Jerry
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