Have you seen any of these "missing cards"?

[Jobu]

Ed, your quest sounds fascinating. Can you please tell newer members, like myself, exactly what you are up to? Thanks.

[Howe’s Hunter]

Started in '91 or '92 when I got a card with the stamp on the back. 15 years later found another on eBay and bought it. Decided to sell the 200 or so t206s I had at the time to see how many I could find with this guys stamp on the back.

Fast forward to this week, I own 259 of them, plus the missing ones listed in this post. Have over time found he lived in a market/grocery owned by his father and uncle, was about 14 when the cards came out, was drafted in WWI, married, had a child, never left the Gainesville area and died in 1976. His daughter never married, had no children and died about 10 years later. He had moved from this address by 1925, so didn't collect after that point by all appearances. No idea how many cards he had at one time, how they were broken up, or when. But did find a couple pictures of him...

http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=171365

Still looking for all I can find and reunite. Guess I'll never know if I am finished or not.

[The Nasty Nati]

In my opinion, Ed's got one of the coolest projects on this forum. It's truly fascinating. I almost feel when all things are said and done the cards with the documented photos and backstory could be in a museum.

[the 'stache]

Originally Posted by The Nasty Nati

In my opinion, Ed's got one of the coolest projects on this forum. It's truly fascinating. I almost feel when all things are said and done the cards with the documented photos and backstory could be in a museum.

I agree it's one of the coolest projects on Net 54. For one reason, it's likely unique. There are a good deal of T206 collectors, but I'd be surprised if there were somebody else collecting them with this same stamp.

I also like it because there doesn't seem to be any identifiable pattern to the stamps. It doesn't look like Howe was sticking to any one back or front combination. There are commons, Hall of Famers and Southern Leaguers. There's some variance in the card condition, and a good variety of backs. I love this collection. It's Ed's quest against the rest of the world to find stamps put on tobacco cards over 100 years ago. Just incredible.

Ed, have you ever found duplicates? Or thus far, has every single find been one more piece? Wouldn't it be incredible if this entire set existed with the stamp?

[Jobu]

Wow Ed! Thank you for doing this - to me this is what collecting is all about.

Your collection would fit right in at the Hall of Fame (who knows, maybe someday.....).

You now have one more soldier keeping his eyes peeled for you.

Best of luck.

[Bpm0014]

As stated before, one of the 2 coolest collections on this forum. The other being t206 Collector (who collects autographed t206s). I never tire of seeing pics of either one of these fascinating collections!

[Mountaineer1999]

What a unique collection! As most T206 collectors do , I often wonder about the cards I get and their history. You've gone and unraveled a part of the history of these cards. Thanks for sharing the story Ed.

[Matvoo]

Very interesting story and cards
Thank you for showing us