Obak Set Info

[Blunder19]

Hi Todd,

Thanks for the reply.. Heres a picture of the card I just picked up... maybe you can let me know if its from the 1909 set.

I got it for the cool blurry back... the hypnotizing Obak

[Jacklitsch]

Yes. 1909.

[deadballera]

that is the 1909 version.

And yes...that is very neat looking back.


I have attached backs of the 1910 "blue" and 1911 "red" for reference.

[brianp-beme]

The card you have is from the 1909 set. They call this back the "Old English" because of the style of print, and it is only seen on the 1909's, which are definitely harder to come by than the 1910 (175 series on back) or the 1911 cards. The 1910 cards with 150 series on the back are also harder to come by, and many of them offer subtle variations on the front from the 175 series.

Huggins and Scott's current auction has a real nice number of lots of all three years of Obaks...give them a look to get familiar with the differences.

Cool back on your card...the ad claims you can smoke them all day long with no after effects, unless of course you count double vision as an after effect.

Brian

[Blunder19]

Thanks for all the info guys...

Brian.. I think the tobacco pack mine came from had some hasheesh in it.. that explains the double vision

[fkw]

Jamie, your card is handcut too, very common for the T212-1 cards to be handcut.

the 1909 T212 will have 2 different backs, one has a frame border the other does not

Being handcut, I dont know if your card ever made it into a pack of cigarettes ??? (kinda like the 1949 Bowman PCL cards)
Maybe someone can chime in and let you know.

there are really 5 different types of T212 cards if you include the 2 1909 (back) versions

PS. nice card! you dont have to see the back to know its a 1909. The 1909 cards have a different style font, sort of italic slanted kine, and the colors are more pastel looking compared to the brighter 1910 and 1911 cards

[dstudeba]

Brian -

Is there a list of the many 150 front variations? I was only aware of two, Griffins and one other. Thanks.

[brianp-beme]

When I said many I actually meant M(aybe)ANY. The Griffin, Willis are the main variations, but it has been mentioned that there are variations in color and overall look of the 150's compared to their 175 series counterparts.

Brian

[dstudeba]

Thanks Brian, I am not very familiar with the 1910 or 1911 issue.