Mastronet T215 "Pirate" Back

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Posted By: Millerhouse

Responding to some of what's been set forth above, the idea that there exists some cache of 92 Pirate backs, when each of us is struggling to identify one or two each, seems unlikely. Wharton-Tigar would, indeed, have been the most likely source for such a cache, but 10-20 is a far sight short of 92.

I'd be most interested to hear from Bob Lemke on the original source for his Pirate Cigarettes listing.

And, if my recollection is correct, Red Crosses had been designated separately by the ACC by the late fifties. Undoubtedly, like T213s and T214s, they were given a separate listing from T206s because their blue caption variation, containing Federal League team notations, clearly post-dated T206.

Modern view/old view, there is no doubt that Pirates arose overseas. The cards themselves bear Wills' name and English origin on the backs. Guessing aside, does anyone know of any connection between Wills and Red Cross, whose cards, by the way, bear a New Jersey factory number and not Louisiana?

Dan Gantt