Unconfirmed POLAR BEAR cards vs 1910 COUPON cards

[tedzan]

There were 48 Major Leaguers on that COUPON sheet....not 42.

I hate to be argumentative with you....but, the Six Super Prints were originally 350-only subjects.
This is incontrovertible, since these six cards exist with AB 350 Frame backs.
Furthermore, they also exist with Sweet Caporal 460, Factory 30 backs; therefore, they are not 350/460 subjects.

As Scot Reader once described these six subjects...."they are 350-only, and 460-only cards at the same time"....
split personalities, so to say.


TED Z

[Abravefan11]

That's a good point and I'm willing to concede it to you if I could be sure the Coupons were printed during the early 350 print run. They may have been but I'm not sure I've seen enough yet to convince me of that.

[tedzan]

Another tidbit that is supportive of my contention that American Litho. (ALC) printed the T206's in sheets of 48, that I have considered,
is the prevalance of many major 48 and 50-card sets since 1887. Some notable examples are......

1887 Allen & Ginter (N28)
1888 Allen & Ginter (N29)
1888 Goodwin Champions (N162)
1888 Kimballs (N184)
1895 Mayo (N300)
1903 Breisch-Williams (E107)......3 x 50
1910 E101
1910 Mello Mints (E105)
1910 American Caramel (E106)

Apparently the track width of the printing presses used by the lithographers of that era (ALC, Geo. Harris & Sons, etc.) lend themselves
to sheets of this size (19" W x 12" L).


Consider this fact....the T206 150 series consists of 144 cards that were printed with 150/350 backs. That neatly translates to 3 x 48.


TED Z