I received an email from a new member regarding the Series structure of the T206 set. Currently, his collection consists of approx. 140 cards
in 15-page plastic sheets in a binder. I suggested to him to arrange his cards with respect to each series in order to get a true appreciation of
how these cards were printed and issued. This is how I have arranged all 4 of my T206 sets.
PIEDMONT was American Tobacco Company's Flagship brand. The American Lithographic Co. (ALC) printed approx. 53% of all T206 cards
with the
PIEDMONT brand. As most of us know, a complete T206 set includes
524 cards, of which
PIEDMONT has the greater number of
subjects (522) than any other brand. The 150-only Series was issued circa Spring/Summer 1909. The last series of T206 cards were issued
in Spring 1911. The T206 Series structure is as follows......
Series breakdown.......
520 different subjects and two variations and two error cards
150-only Series............
12 subjects
150/350 Series..........
143 (150 Series) subjects
350-only Series...........
122 Major League subjects
350-only Series.............
86 Minor League subjects
350/460 Series............
63 subjects
460-only Series............
46 subjects
Southern Leaguers......
48 subjects
plus,
Demmitt St Louis American variation (POLAR BEAR)
O'Hara St Louis Nat'L variation (POLAR BEAR)
Sherry Magie error (Piedmont 150)
Joe Doyle NY Nat'L (Piedmont 350)
TED Z
T206 Reference
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