I think the World Tobacco Index, which antedates the American Card Catalog, the WTI grouped cards by the tobacco brand.
So maybe the right way to address this all would be to give each brand its own distinct number. Not T206-1, T206-2.... but T400 for American Beauty, T401 for Broad Leaf, T402 for Coupon, T403 for Cycle, T404 for Drum...
Maybe, to the extent Mr. Burdick fouled things, he did it by lumping the different brands into T206, T205, and T207.
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