The Type system is for classification, not assigning merit or artistic value. Whether a photo is Type 1 or not doesn't make it 2 better than any other photo which happens to be a Type 3. And if you really really like a photo re-shot from an attractive arrangement of die-cut, hand-lettered, artistically-embellished 1st generation photos, I mean really really REALLY like, it still doesn't make it a Type 1. Desirability does not define Type classification, and a Type number is not a comment on a photo's artistic merit.
Put another way, a photo's Type may affect its desirability, but desirability does not affect its Type.
To answer the OP's question, the 1909 Pirates composite is a Type 3. And a very desirable one at that.
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