Searching for a "Pirate" Cobb....show us these extremely rare "T215" cards ?

[rman444]

Jon - I think I've told you before - that is the sweetest pack that I have ever seen!

[ullmandds]

Those birdy pirate backs are coooll!!! Here are some of my oriental characters...I've always liked these!

[cfc1909]

I have a few of the oriental cards as well-the baseball cards that I have seen are the Doolan-last I seen it was in a Verkman auction-I have also seen a Tinker and a Wagner bat on right at the last Philly show and I think it will be in a upcomming Goodwin. I have also seen the Pelty Scott posted but that is all I can remember besides the set in Legendary. I am sure there are a few in some old collections-it would be nice to see some more.

[rman444]

Jeff - can you guess which one has Ty Cobb on the front?

[tedzan]

The T215 cards were printed in New York City (as most of that era's T-cards), then shipped to Jersey City, NJ to
the Lorillard plant (Factory #10) to be inserted into the Red Cross tobacco products.

The "Louisiana connection" is based on a large find of these cards many years back from the Louisiana area. I
would conclude that someone from the NY-NJ area moved to Louisiana a long time ago and brought with them
a large collection of Red Cross cards.


Regarding your 2nd question......
" Additionally, who decided in the hobby to give this the T215 designation and why was it accepted? "

Of course Burdick did....and, I would assume he classified the Pirate cards as T215 since these cards have identical
fronts as the T215-1 issue.


TED Z

[tedzan]

Thanks Craig, Geno, Jon, Peter, Richard and sb1.....for sharing your Pirate cards and related items.

Hey guys, let's see some more Pirate "goodies" here.


TED Z

[Orioles1954]

Originally Posted by tedzan

The T215 cards were printed in New York City (as most of that era's T-cards), then shipped to Jersey City, NJ to
the Lorillard plant (Factory #10) to be inserted into the Red Cross tobacco products.

The "Louisiana connection" is based on a large find of these cards many years back from the Louisiana area. I
would conclude that someone from the NY-NJ area moved to Louisiana a long time ago and brought with them
a large collection of Red Cross cards.


Regarding your 2nd question......
" Additionally, who decided in the hobby to give this the T215 designation and why was it accepted? "

Of course Burdick did....and, I would assume he classified the Pirate cards as T215 since these cards have identical
fronts as the T215-1 issue.


TED Z

That's not in my copy of the ACC under T215!

[ullmandds]

does anyone know if all of the baseball t215 pirates are found with the same closed cigarette box back?

[tedzan]

What is not in the ACC regarding T215 cards ?

I'm not citing anything from the ACC....what I stated is what I know.


TED Z

[canjond]

Originally Posted by rman444

Jon - I think I've told you before - that is the sweetest pack that I have ever seen!

It is a very neat pack and not seen often at all. I know of 2 others although I'm sure there are some more around I'm not aware of.