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Originally Posted by StuckInOmaha

Of the 142 I own, there are 7 with a Hindu back, 17 with an Old Mill back and the remaining 118 are all Piedmont.

In my saying I have 142, I forgot the 5 my wife told me to bid on and she would pay for my Christmas gift. Don't know if she has paid yet or not, but that would be another 5 Piedmonts.

There are 18 cards I know the location/owners of, and of those 15 are Piedmont, 3 are with a Hindu back.

Finally, there are 24 that I know exist, but have lost track of who the owner is now (eBay auctions that I didn't win and haven't been able to contact the new owner), there are another 12 Piedmonts, 3 Hindus and 9 Old Mills.

That gives a total of 189 cards I know of that exist with his stamp on the back. Really hope he didn't smoke that much, as at the time, he was only 14. For this many to have survived paper drives, careless mothers, etc., he must have had many, many more.

Ed - just curious what leads you to believe these were collected when he was a youth. If anything, I would think that a 14 year old kid would not have a stamp that had his address on it in 1910. Rather, I could see him compiling this collection later on in life and stamping the cards then. By chance, did you ever send an email to Lionel asking him if the name was familiar. For all we know, this guy may have been a good friend of the early pioneers!