Let's continue the T213-1 debate....are they really T206's ?

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

I have several responses to this statement of yours.....

"If there were no T206s produced in N.C., we might have stronger reason to suggest that Ty Cobb brand
is not a T206, but what we have is evidence that they were produced in N.C. Thus, we still do not have
definitive dating information."


1st....The T206's (backs) I show in the above post were not produced in North Carolina. They were pro-
duced in NYC (as were T205, T213, T214, T215, and T3's). Then they were shipped to their respective
T-brand Factories.

2nd....The Red Ty Cobb/Ty Cobb was also produced in NYC. The Ty Cobb Plug Tobacco was produced at
Factory #33 in Durham, NC.
This Ty Cobb card was then shipped to NC and may have been packaged within this Tobacco's Tin, or may
have been handed out by a vendor selling this Plug Tobacco.

3rd....Dating info....my best guess is that this unique Ty Cobb card was produced no earlier than mid-1911,
and no later than late 1912.
The mid-1911 date is dictated by "District 4, NC" on this card's back. And, is bounded by the late 1912 date
since the caption on the front of this card is not printed in BLUE ink.
I think the BLUE ink captions were first printed on T-cards produced in 1913 by American Lithographic.

TED Z