R-309 or R340? I need help with a Ruth and Tilden

[JeremyW]

The Ruth is a standard R-309, right?

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Originally Posted by JeremyW

The Ruth is a standard R-309, right?

Not sure how to tell the difference.

[JeremyW]

The rounded easel top?

[GasHouseGang]

The standard 1933 Goudey wrapper had the offer for the R309s.

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Originally Posted by JeremyW

The rounded easel top?

I believe that the Weissmuller and Dempsey R340s have rounded easel tops.

I think that all of the confusion is coming from the REA write up on their Ruth. I believe that the REA Ruth was a proof of some sort. I do not know how they determined it to be an R340.

Here is another R309 Premium that was part of the Halper collection.

[JeremyW]

Is that the second known green border?

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Originally Posted by JeremyW

Is that the second known green border?

Yes, AFAIK. This one is printed in thin oversized stock. I assume that they both came from John Fawcett’s great Goudey find from the 1960s.

[Baseball Rarities]

Here is a black and white image of the Weissmuller from when it resides in the phenomenal collection of the late Gerry Glasser.

I will try and get a better image of it to post.

[jcmtiger]

Originally Posted by JeremyW

The rounded easel top?

That’s what I thought.

[Paul Koz]

the ruth and tilden were found together..leads me to think Dad got them at the same time as a kid

[Exhibitman]

The Ruth is the same as the Goudey premium, so it is impossible to say whether it is an SK. The Tilden, Dempsey and Weissmuller are the only known examples of those, as far as my research has gotten.