T215 Red Cross actually a T206?

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Leon

No matter how much anyone in our hobby debates the issue it is abundantly clear what Burdick wanted. He knew the sets were similar and he still accounted for them the way he did.

Leon

But, according to his records, his timeline regarding the 1910 COUPON issue is faulty...."circa 1913-19". This timeline applies only to the T213-2 and T213-3 issues.
With all due respect to Jeff Burdick, this is where he got it wrong on the 1910 COUPON cards. And, I don't think you are questioning their 1910 date ?

Originally Posted by Leon

......so are T213 and T215 each in their own group. Each of the latter 2 series have differences that would not fit into T206 (such as thinner stock or blue captions).

No one here is arguing about any simililarity between T206's and the T213-2, or T213-3, or the T215-2 issues (circa 1913 - 1919).

Regarding the thinner stock that the 1910 COUPON cards were printed on.....I will reprise what I have already posted......
The 1910 COUPON cards were not meant to be inserted as cardboard stiffiners in ATC's standard 10-cigarettes packs. Therefore, American Litho. printed
these cards on thin cardboard stock. It's as basic as that. This factor is not a big deal, as some on this forum try to make it out to be.

The "COUPON" cigarettes were packaged in boxes labelled "COUPON" (circa 1908-1910) containing 100's of cigarettes of this new ATC brand. Furthermore,
no 1910 "COUPON" (10-cigarette) packs have ever been found. And, I don't think any will be.


Best regards,

TED Z