Fantastic T-card "walk-in" (with provenance) at Phillly Show. You'll enjoy this story

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Thanks, Scot.....always great to hear from you.

I am a little surprised to find the POLAR BEAR tobacco brand distributed in Northeastern Pennsylvania.

Take care my friend,


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Ted, there are a lot of ads for Polar bear tobacco in Northeastern Pennsylvania newspapers many of them are from Allentown newspapers right near where you said the grandfather was when he collected them.

[sreader3]

I think it is a consensus view that Polar Bear scrap tobacco was packaged in Middletown, OH, just north of Cincinnati. That's about halfway between St. Louis and Philly (admittedly a little closer to St. Louis). It would not be shocking (at least to me) if PB packs made their way to eastern PA. I do find it interesting that there were no Demmitts or O'Haras in the collection.

Take care guys.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by sreader3

I think it is a consensus view that Polar Bear scrap tobacco was packaged in Middletown, OH, just north of Cincinnati. That's about halfway between St. Louis and Philly (admittedly a little closer to St. Louis). It would not be shocking (at least to me) if PB packs made their way to eastern PA. I do find it interesting that there were no Demmitts or O'Haras in the collection.

Take care guys.

Scot

My guess is that American Lithographic shipped all (or most) of the Demmitt and O'Hara St. Louis variations to the St. Louis area.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Pat R]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Scot

My guess is that American Lithographic shipped all (or most) of the Demmitt and O'Hara St. Louis variations to the St. Louis area.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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Ted,

They excluded some areas in the packing and shipping of certain brands because of the tobacco laws in those areas but I don't think it would have been practical for them to start pulling certain players to include or exclude. If there was around 100 T206's that's only 40% of the polar Bears if there were no duplicates so most likely Demmitt and O'hara just happened to be in the 60% that weren't in the collection.

[tedzan]

Imagine how fabulous it would have been if these two guys were included in this collection ?

Approximately 100 subjects are T206's, representing the 350-only Series....350/460 Series....460-only Series (both Print groups).






Graded "A" for Affordable and Attractive


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Yoda]

Ted, what a great success story for all concerned. Win-win. And it demonstrates yet again that there is still undiscovered stuff out there waiting to be outed.
Hoping to make December show, particularly since I missed the National. Unless, of course, Florida gets smacked again with another Ian. Fortunately, for me and many other Floridians Palm Beach County was mostly spared. I fear that our local insurance and world reinsurance markets are going to be hard pressed to meet their liabilities, given the severity of Ian. John

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Yoda

Ted, what a great success story for all concerned. Win-win. And it demonstrates yet again that there is still undiscovered stuff out there waiting to be outed.
Hoping to make December show, particularly since I missed the National. Unless, of course, Florida gets smacked again with another Ian. Fortunately, for me and many other Floridians Palm Beach County was mostly spared. I fear that our local insurance and world reinsurance markets are going to be hard pressed to meet their liabilities, given the severity of Ian. John

Hi John

The Oaks, PA facility is better suited for a large BB card Show (like Philly) than the Valley Forge showroom.

John, you have to come up here and check-it out.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Ted, there are a lot of ads for Polar bear tobacco in Northeastern Pennsylvania newspapers many of them are from Allentown newspapers right near where you said the grandfather was when he collected them.

Thanks Pat,

I was unaware of the PB adv. in the Northeastern Pennsylvania area.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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