T205 Honest Long Cut w/Stars

canjond · #1 03-30-2015, 12:58 PM

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Originally Posted by JohnP0621

The Honest Long Cut Pack is full of tobacco. It has never been opened.
I think it is before the T205' S WERE Inserted. I was told that the pack is from the 1890's. I picked up the card at a show just to display next to the pack. I mainly collect T206 But wanted a T205 W/an HLC back. The card was very cheap no premium for the stars. Ha Ha

JP

John-

From the scans, it appears that the pack is much later... certainly not 1890s (note the successor language on the front). If you have a scan of the tax stamp, we can date it for sure. Just based on the graphics, however, I'd say 1930s. Still a great companion piece!

mybuddyinc · #2 03-30-2015, 01:18 PM

I can't find the thread, but there was one many years ago about this type of mark (or similar). I have a 1921 Exhibit with similar stars (asterisk). It was suggested that they were done with a typewriter. Not that the card was placed in typewriter, but typed on an intermediate medium, then transferred to card. May be the same, may be not, just a thought (I have very few

).

Exhibitman · #3 03-30-2015, 01:40 PM

Typewriter is my guess. I used to have a 1939 Play Ball Williams that someone had very neatly typed "Ted Williams" across the front bottom. The card was not creased or 'rolled'. I think I know why. My father had one of the old mechanical typewriters, and it was possible to place a baseball card partially in and type across it without rolling it under and creasing it.

I did not type on the Williams, in case anyone wondered.

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