Old time letters regarding T-205's (Carter, Egan)

[62corvette]

I've done a lot of Internet searching the past 48 hours since running across those letters, getting up to speed on T205 backs. It's just over 40 years since I completed my T205 and T206 sets (less the big 4--back then it was only the big 3). We didn't pay a whole lot of attention to backs, errors, variations other than poses, etc. Somehow the Hindu stood out even back then.
So yesterday I went down to the safe and got out the T205s and assessed their backs. With the set, (missing some variations I didn't know of then), plus 38 duplicates, I found the following: one Hindu (Jacklitsch), no Drums (I already knew that), 2 Broadleaf black, 1 Cycle (Joss), 1 American Beauty black, and 4 Piedmont factory 42. All the more common ones, of course. Also Gray with stats.
Early 1972 I picked up 1100 tobacco cards from a guy who got them in NYC as a kid. There were birds, fish, Olympic athletes, etc., but 99% were baseball. (1 T202, 2 T201, the rest T205 and 206. By late 1973, primarily through trading (through the Trader Speaks) I completed both sets

[bn2cardz]

Originally Posted by 62corvette

I've done a lot of Internet searching the past 48 hours since running across those letters, getting up to speed on T205 backs. It's just over 40 years since I completed my T205 and T206 sets (less the big 4--back then it was only the big 3). We didn't pay a whole lot of attention to backs, errors, variations other than poses, etc. Somehow the Hindu stood out even back then.
So yesterday I went down to the safe and got out the T205s and assessed their backs. With the set, (missing some variations I didn't know of then), plus 38 duplicates, I found the following: one Hindu (Jacklitsch), no Drums (I already knew that), 2 Broadleaf black, 1 Cycle (Joss), 1 American Beauty black, and 4 Piedmont factory 42. All the more common ones, of course. Also Gray with stats.
Early 1972 I picked up 1100 tobacco cards from a guy who got them in NYC as a kid. There were birds, fish, Olympic athletes, etc., but 99% were baseball. (1 T202, 2 T201, the rest T205 and 206. By late 1973, primarily through trading (through the Trader Speaks) I completed both sets

Surprising that in a random gathering you ended up with 2 Broad Leaf and only 1 Cycle and 1 American Beauty.

[62corvette]

Apparently it's better to be lucky than good. Clean living, also. Just looking through the 38 duplicates I have--noticed an extra line for the first time!,