T206 Question ?

[Sean]

Originally Posted by buymycards

This is a little off topic, but it is interesting that, after the break up of ATC, the only tobacco companies that used the T206 images were the Louisiana brands, People's, Red Cross, Coupon, etc. So, after the success of the T206's, why were the T206 style cards only issued in Louisiana?

There must of been many other companies selling cigarettes, but none of them chose to include cards with their tobacco products, other than Fatima T200, T222, and the T330 Piedmont Art Stamps, none of which used the T206 images. The Fatima's and Piedmonts were issued in 1913 and 1914, which was before the U.S. entered WWI.

Even the T213-2's, which were issued between 1914 and 1916 were issued before the U.S. entered the war in August of 1917. The T213-3's were issued in 1919, after the war ended in 1918. T214's were issued in 1915 and T216's between 1911 and 1916.

There are several questions that can be asked about the above statements, but I certainly don't know the answers.

Can Rick or anyone tell me why Red Cross are considered a Louisiana issue?