It would be interesting to see how many of the front/back combinations for these "linked" cards sync up and how many do not.
Take, for example, a back that we're pretty confident we have a complete and accurate listing of all possible examples...Sweet Caporal 150 overprint. Taking a quick look at my index (which I think is right, but please correct me if not), I note the following out-of-sync examples from Jantz's listing below:
Delahanty (SC 150 OP confirmed) / Waddell (not)
Delahanty (SC 150 OP confirmed) / Bender (not)
Killian (SC 150 OP confirmed) / Chance (not)
So these cards must have been printed adjacent to one another on one sheet, but not both included (adjacent or otherwise) on another sheet. Along with the how many rows and columns and how were the subjects arranged questions, we also have to ask the how many different sheets/arrangements were used during production question. It's that latter mystery, I suspect, that's the most difficult to solve of all -- and the one that keeps us from getting our arms around so many elements of the T206 set.
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