T card era cigarette packs

[Leon]

Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

I've brought up printing at the factories before, and got no responses. This must be a taboo subject

It's not taboo. Looking at the Lone Jack pack here, it says where it was made. I would guess many, if not most, brands of cigarettes had their packs physically made in different places. The Kotton one says "Allied Printing" on the bottom...so it looks like many packs might hold the answer themselves.

[Vol]

This is one of my favorite threads ever started.
Thanks for all the pictures fellas.

[canjond]

Steve - congrats on the EPDG. They don't come up for sale all that often, so I certainly don't think the price was out of line - especially with the dating. As for your question regarding tax stamps, you're assumption regarding 1901 stamps is correct. Although it's the general rule, it doesn't apply in all scenarios. Overprints were used, in part, to obviate the need for printing new stamps every year. Although probably not to frequent, it is entirely conceivable that a 1901 tax was used in 1910.

[canjond]

Few more favorites....

[rman444]

Leon - I still love that Kotton pack!

[rman444]

[teetwoohsix]

Originally Posted by Leon

It's not taboo. I am not sure anyone knows who physically produced the packs or at least I don't remember seeing it. And I should add that looking at the Lone Jack pack here, it says where it was made. I would guess many, if not most, brands of cigarettes had their packs physically made in different places.

Thanks for the response Leon, I appreciate it.

Sincerely, Clayton

[pete zouras]

[smokelessjoe]

While not from the T206 era, still a neat advertisement from the Drummond Tobacco Company. It has helped me in researching Drum Cigarettes though. Shown this many times before...

Thinking of selling this as well, not sure if Ebay or an auction house. Probably not worth putting the lot in an auction house would be my guess?

MAY BE SIMILAR TO THE DRUM PACKS WITH T206s?





POSTER IS HUGE.... 18" WIDE BY 2 FEET TALL



THIS IS THE ENVELOPE THAT ALL OF THE ABOVE CAME IN.

[DixieBaseball]

Ok, not exactly T era, but probably more scarce than some T era packs. (Circa 70-80's - Verly limited production) - Thought this belonged in this thread since most Tobacco brands are represented, and I wanted to make sure Factory 3 had some representation... There you go, Mr. Irby.

[rdwyer]

I would like to see Jon Canfield update his pricing on T206 packs. The last time he did so was his book: "Baseball & Tobacco-A Guide to collecting early tobacco related cigarette & tobacco packs". This book was written many years ago.

[canjond]

Originally Posted by rdwyer

I would like to see Jon Canfield update his pricing on T206 packs. The last time he did so was his book: "Baseball & Tobacco-A Guide to collecting early tobacco related cigarette & tobacco packs". This book was written many years ago.

Richard - probably won't happen any time soon. in fact, the book was never intended to be used as a price guide. Simply put, its intention was to depict each pack that a card would have come in. The pricing on the website is more up to date than the guide, but the pricing on these packs has gone up lately (much greater interest).