T207 Anonymous Factory 3 (Recruit) evolution, timeline, update.

[brianp-beme]

Nice writeup on this T207 'discovery'. It must be satisfying for all the T206 thinkers out there that had concluded that Ellis was the likely missing card of the 50 piece Anonymous Factory 3 puzzle.

Keep the T207 flame burning Mike...collectors/researchers like you help keep prewar vintage collecting such an interesting and fun endeavor.

Brian

[kmac32]

Some anonymous T207 cards do exist in Factory 3 and Factory 25. I have Vic Saier with anonymous Factory 3 back and anonymous factory 25 backs. Ward Miller I have Factory 3 but cannot find Factory 25. Will keep on looking however.

[ValKehl]

Mike, if you are seeking confirmation of ananymous T207s with both Factory 3 and Factory 25 backs, I have George Mogridge.

[Luke]

It's awesome that we finally found #50. I always meant to take a deep dive into the fronts to try and decide which I thought was most likely #50 but I never got around to it.

[mybuddyinc]

UNREAL !!!!!!!!

"It" had to be out there !!!

Even if it took almost 115 years to find ...................

Great write up on the great set !!!!

Fun, fun, Scott

[Bridwell]

All 50 of the Anon 25 cards have been found with Anon 3 backs. There are several copies of each known. These same 50 can also be found with Cycle backs or Broadleaf backs. None of these 50 players can be found with a Recruit back, however. The Recruits were somewhat unrelated to these 50 cards.

What Mike was referring to was 50 "other" Anon 3 back cards which have never been found with an Anon 25, a Cycle or a Broadleaf back. Or a Red Cross back either. These 50 other Anon 3's can be found with a Recruit back. The T207 "set" seems to be issued in groups of 50 or 100 different fronts.

I was the buyer of the newly discovered Ellis card and it completes my "set" of 100 different T207's with Anon 3 backs.

[Luke]

Congrats Ron, that's a special card!

[frohme]

Originally Posted by Bridwell

All 50 of the Anon 25 cards have been found with Anon 3 backs. There are several copies of each known. These same 50 can also be found with Cycle backs or Broadleaf backs. None of these 50 players can be found with a Recruit back, however. The Recruits were somewhat unrelated to these 50 cards.

What Mike was referring to was 50 "other" Anon 3 back cards which have never been found with an Anon 25, a Cycle or a Broadleaf back. Or a Red Cross back either. These 50 other Anon 3's can be found with a Recruit back. The T207 "set" seems to be issued in groups of 50 or 100 different fronts.

I was the buyer of the newly discovered Ellis card and it completes my "set" of 100 different T207's with Anon 3 backs.

Congrats, Ron! I believe yours remains the only reported complete Anon 3 subset, with 50 Broadleaf-class and (now) 50 Recruit class. When I stopped earlier this year, I had all 50 Broadleaf and 47 of the (then 49) Recruits. Still have the latter but some of the Broadleaf class are gone off to auction now, it breaks my heart to say.

On the Anon 25's (Val) ... all 50 are presumed to exist. I have personally confirmed 49 of them. Like Ken, I have yet to find a confirming back image of Ward Miller, but see no reason that the card would not exist. Anon 3's of W. Miller are "relatively common", oddly enough.

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Mike