rarest backs

[edjs]

I was reading through this today, and it made me think about the D310s with the Aldon Candy and the ones with the Pacific Coast Biscuit stamps on the back. Would these meet the criteria, since the stamps are period?

Also, I wanted to bring this thread back, as it is quite informative for those that haven't read it yet.

[brianp-beme]

Thanks for dredging up this old thread edjs...missed it on the first go around. Very informative, and I was racking my brain to come up with any more additions, but none yet. I am more of a front/common back collector, so only have 3 rare card back examples that are listed: W515 Fleer, W575-1 Gassler's Bread, and W575-1 Haffner's.

The Aldon Candy D310 is a neat card, but not sure if it qualifies...

Brian

[brianp-beme]

Just noticed that W575-1 Henry Johnson is on the list, which might allow the D310 Aldon Candy to squeak in as a contemporaneously stamped card. I have 7 Henry Johnson W575-1 cards, a fact that by itself might just knock it off this list, as I assume there are probably at least another 44 HJ's out there, and I didn't go on a hunting expedition to locate these over the years.

Brian

[Eggoman]

Even though you broke my heart when you removed Greiner's Bread from your list, I decided to post pix of mine ANYWAY!

After all, with TWO different ones, I have one of the LARGEST COLLECTIONS of them in the known world!

[BobC]

I've got two more possible candidates to nominate for your list.

What about Helmar backed S-74-1 white silks. You can find S-74 silks all over Ebay but, I've heard you can probably count the number of Helmar backed S-74-1s on the fingers of one hand. There are also Red Sun backed S-74-1 white silks which are probably less than 1% of the total number of white version silks out there but, there are likely hundreds, if not possibly a couple thousand, that are out there so they probably don't count.

My other candidate would be the 1921 Herpolsheimer's cards. They're basically the W575-1 blank-backed strip cards. Though I believe there are something like only 68 of these cards known to exist in total, they are limited to only one known example for each different player. Your call on that.

Bob

[darwinbulldog]

Hey guys,

I do need to do an updated list for this. Too busy at the moment, but I'll try to get it up next week. Anyway, I'm happy to see the thread getting some attention again, as I think it's a good primer for aspiring type card collectors.

[TUM301]

Not sure if they qualify for the list, but I seem to come across 1 maybe 2 a year of E 107`s with the over print back while cruising through sites and auctions. Seem to recall seeing one 107 Type ll with the over print posted on a Net 54 thread, but could be mistaken. Good topic !!