Your favorite card issues - as far as backs

[WWGjohn]

I love the two back varieties of the 1933 World Wide Gum set, English only and French/English.

John

[mybuddyinc]

Being the worst speller on net54, I've always enjoyed these.
Misspelling "Pugilistic" is bad enough, but misspelling your companies name takes it to a new level.

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[E93]

I love the Mello-Mints, Red Suns and many others, but these are my favorites.
JimB

[Kawika]

Back collecting was an acquired taste that took me a while to acquire. When I started in the Hobby it was all about the pictures on the front but gradually I have come to appreciate the graphics on the reverse that are evocative of the historic context, often depicted beautifully, that the ballplayers of yesteryear lived and played in.
Some really great backs posted already. The Red Suns, of course, are a favorite (never noticed the misspelling before), Jim B.'s OJs are glorious, and gotta get me one of them cool Gertenrichs. Some others that are worthy of cardboard love:

[Jay Wolt]

The T3 ad back is a classic & so large you can display it nicely

[cfc1909]

I make sure I get all the fronts but to me its all about the backs

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[E93]

Originally Posted by cfc1909

I make sure I get all the fronts but to me its all about the backs

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[rhettyeakley]

I really can't rmember if I have shared this or not but there had been some discussion in the past about whether that was Lou Gertenrich himself on the back of his own baseball card set. It certainly looks like the other images of Lou. This would be a bit significant as Gertenrich was never actually pictured on any cards himself during his playing career which spanned from 1901-1905, so in a way his card back would actually be the closest thing Lou would have to an individual card (for those needing a card of every player to appear in a major league game).

Anyways, here is the full-sized image that was used on the back of the card, notice that it is actually a batting shot that they airbrushed out the bat to make it appear like a throwing shot...




Anyways, I thought it would be a cool addition to this thread.
-Rhett

[byrone]

Really like the writing style on the backs of Diamond Kings. Just like the card front, the backs capture the flavour of the era

[dstraate]

I think the backs of T202's are pretty interesting. It's fun to get a write up on three players at one time.

Postwar, '89 Upper Deck stands alone. Those are some beautiful cards