T206 American Beauty Printing Process

[Bridwell]

This thinner American Beauty pack has 15 cigs and a 1910 tax stamp.

[Ronnie73]

Does anyone have a picture of an American Beauty T206 ad? Maybe the cards were only put in the soft packs that were narrower with the 15. Maybe it was buy 10 and get no card or buy 15 and get a card insert. Just a thought.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

Does anyone have a picture of an American Beauty T206 ad? Maybe the cards were only put in the soft packs that were narrower with the 15. Maybe it was buy 10 and get no card or buy 15 and get a card insert. Just a thought.

Ronnie, we have examples of 'normal' width AB's, so it's probable that the thinner ones were cut thin to fit in the 15-cig packs and the wider ones let alone, to fit in the wide packs.

[Ronnie73]

Originally Posted by Runscott

Ronnie, we have examples of 'normal' width AB's, so it's probable that the thinner ones were cut thin to fit in the 15-cig packs and the wider ones let alone, to fit in the wide packs.

That would explain the reason for the two sizes even though its just a possibility but a good one. I guess the next step would be to start a list of all the untrimmed American Beauty's and see if the list matches a certain print run.

[steve B]

How about narrow cards from other brands? I have at least one that's AB narrow.

Steve B

[Ronnie73]

I've seen some Uzit's that were narrow like the American Beauty's that were numerically graded but none of the other backs except for the many hand trimmed authentic cards which wouldn't count.

[Runscott]

You guys know this already, but AB's are the only ones that have a significant percentage cut thin.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

I've seen some Uzit's that were narrow like the American Beauty's that were numerically graded but none of the other backs except for the many hand trimmed authentic cards which wouldn't count.

This Piedmont is very narrow, compares well with the few ABs I have.
Steve B