D (Bread) Issues - Ratings

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Posted By: Mark

This has been rattling in the ol'skull for a while, so here it goes...

Top ten D issues: (Toughest to Easiest)

1. D355 Niagra
2. D380 Clement Bros.
3. D382 Tarzan Bread
4. D359 Rochester/Williams
5. D381 Fleischmann
6. D310 Pacific Coast Biscuit
7. D303 Gen. Baking (Taken as a whole: Icld. all backs)
8. D311 Pacific Coast Biscuit
9. D304 Gen. Baking (Taken as a whole: Incld. all backs)
10. D322 Tip Top Bread Pirates

Man, after listing them I am not so sure.....

Opinions.....

- Mark

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Posted By: Bob

Mark- Man I don't know about the D311s being ranked so low. They are impossible. I did sell 3 recently to finance the purchase of some other cards, but other than those 3 from my collection and one SGC 80 Pfyl that sold in Goodwin's, I don't recall seeing a single one for sale in over a year...
tbob

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Posted By: fkw

Your list is exactly how Id rank them, except Id switch #2 and #3.




Niagara backstamp

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Posted By: Dylan

Just curious.. has anyone heard of someone try and forge a rare backstamp, like the niagra for instance?

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Posted By: Andy Cook

I think Clark's Bread, which are related to E121 are just as difficult as some of the sets on the list.

Andy

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Posted By: Joe D.

I am not too familiar with the sets...

but that is the e101 back with a stamp on it. And being that the type on the e101 ends with a comma instead of a period - it looks like the intention was for these things to be stamped by whatever retailer wanted to.

So my question is --- are these actually different sets? Or are we just seeing the e101s intended personalization by a retailer?

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Posted By: leon

You are correct on both cases. Yes, it's the same set as E101, as retailers just put a stamp on the back. Yes, Jeff Burdick, classified them as D355....so they are D355 as a catalogued set. I have seen 1 of them that was in a Lipset auction. A board member got it and sold/traded it to another board member around a year ago. I have been begging that board member for it since he got it . Begging isn't working....There are more, I believe, as there are several checklisted in different places....but heck if I know where. As everything goes another will eventually show up. My guess is that whomever has them might not know what they are, except for a caramel card with a pesky purple mark on the back....sort of like the handful of others with pesky marks (overprints)....As for the ratings of scarcity I think the initial order pretty close with a few that could be interchanged....Tarzan's are really tough. I would probably put them at #2. regards

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Posted By: Anonymous

I concur with your list as well...but think D322 could be a tad touher than D304...at least in my experience in collecting those sets...D304 just beats you up more with all the expensive HOF'ers.

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Posted By: Glen V

I'd put the D-Unc Middy Bread way up that list too.

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Posted By: fkw

Id put this uncataloged card at the top, since I have yet to see another


2" X 3.25" ca.1941

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Posted By: Paul

Where do D327 Holsum bread cards rank? And how about the Standard Biscuits that looke like E121s?

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Posted By: Andy Cook

Holsum Breads are not that difficult to find - I've had over 40 of them over the past 7-10 years. Standard Biscuits that look like E121s are very difficult to find in my opinion. I've probably only had 2-3 of them.

Andy