prewar edjamacation please...

[Sean]

I thought the "T" was for tobacco.

T206: Tobacco, 20th century, set #6.

[kailes2872]

Originally Posted by Sean

I thought the "T" was for tobacco.

T206: Tobacco, 20th century, set #6.

This would make sense and how I thought it was originally, but didn't the T205's come after the T206's? What about T212's? They wouldn't be 21st century #2 - but it could be 20th century set 12 if they abridged it, I suppose.

[begsu1013]

this is actually quite fascinating!

again, i know absolutely nothing but already love hearing what other's interpretation may be.

interpretation being the key word.


please give your opinion no matter how right or wrong it may be....

[trdcrdkid]

Originally Posted by Sean

I thought the "T" was for tobacco.

T206: Tobacco, 20th century, set #6.

I always thought the T was for Tobacco, though I suppose it could stand for Twentieth-century. The heading for that chapter in my copy of the ACC is "20th Century U.S. Tobacco Insert Cards".

But the "20" in T206 definitely does not stand for "20th century". Burdick designated different spans of numbers for different groups of card sets, sometimes leaving gaps in the numbering for newly discovered sets. Within the T cards, T1-T14 were large cards (including T3 Turkey Red basball); T25-T134 were smaller non-sport cards; T175-T182 were anonymous cards issued on Sweet Caporal box flaps; T200-T235 were smaller sports cards; T301-T309 were novelty inserts; T330=T333 were stamps (including T330-2 and T332 baseball stamps); T350-T352 were imitation cigar bands; and T400-T499 were cards from U.S. tobacco companies issued abroad.

[begsu1013]

so "T" is for tobacco or twentieth?