I think we're all in general agreement. And as for the blank backed cards, I've seen only one, never owned one. From what I've seen and heard I'd think that the ones I've seen were not inserted into cigarette packages, they've all seemed hand cut. But one day, if I see a blank backed white border tobacco card with a factory cut, I would then think that that particular card was inserted into a cigarette package.
Steve, I'd think that Ewing card is scrap. In looking at it, I'd think that a sheet of cards was printed, and something somewhere was wrong with it... a corner torn or folded, ink spill, coffee spill, something. For whatever reason the sheet didn't go through the factory cutting. Into the trash the sheet goes, someone digs it out and takes it home, then some of it is cut into cards... While the Ewing part of that sheet might have been ok, I think there was a problem somewhere.
Actually, the misprints, out of register, and color missing cards help us have an insight into the printing process. I think they're all very collectable.
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