Neilson's Chocolates type 2A?

[Brian Van Horn]

I was going through a group of Neilson's Chocolates and found a card with the type 2 back which varied from the traditional card back. Instead of the ad starting in the upper right of the back, it started in the lower left. Here are the raw scans and if anyone has any input feel free:

[kdixon]

Here is a Wheat Type 2.

[VoodooChild]

Hey Brian, nice find. I don't know much about the Neilson's but your example is similar to one of the E121-80 back types. The E121-80 Type 1 back can be found printed regular and in reverse. Rhett Yeakley, who's done the research on them, doesn't consider the reverse printed back as a new type, but rather a variation of the Type. There is a Type 4 back that is found printed only in reverse, but it has a "smaller" line of text and it's that different characteristic that I believe is the reason Rhett considers it a separate type from the Type 1 reverse back variation.

I can't tell from your scans, is there any other differences in the backs other than being printed in reverse? All that being said, it's a cool find and could be very rare whether it's defined as a new type or not. Congrats.

[old-baseball]

Never noticed but I have one of those too (Uhle). There's also and oddity on the Schang card with the to line of print. I'm not sure how often it appears but I'm most of the Type 2 Schang cards have the typical reverse.