Toughest 20th Century tobacco issue advertising back

[Leon]

If I had to give a rank of the top 3 rarest 20th century tobacco backs, today, I think there could be an argument for (most rare to least rare)...

1. T231 Fans
2. Ty Cobb back Cobb
3. T216 Virginia Extra

[barrysloate]

Has anyone mentioned the T206 Old Mill with the overprint back?

[Leon]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Has anyone mentioned the T206 Old Mill with the overprint back?

From the recent threads it seems this might be a printing error/issue and not a seperate back. If it is a completely different back it would probably be 1-2....Aren't there only 2 known?

[Frank A]

I would think Plow Boy's should be on that list. Not very easy to find.

[barrysloate]

I figured the Old Mill overprint would not qualify for that technical reason, but wasn't sure.

[Leon]

One last one....with no more than approximately a handful known this would make the list of the top 10....(as a back collector this thread was made for me ) There will be a common in the next REA auction. It will be interesting to see what it goes for.

[drdduet]

Hi Mike,

Good question, given that this is a baseball card board I'm assuming you meant on a baseball card....right?

There are many other rare advertising backs on nonsports cards and other sports cards...