OT a little bit. American Beauty thinness....T42

wonkaticket · #1 02-08-2014, 03:14 PM

Very thin indeed of all the ones I have�I even recently picked up an uncut two card panel. Perhaps this gives some insight into the printing and cutting process�.

Blitzu · #2 02-09-2014, 08:19 AM

Here is my back run of T42's. Even though my AB looks like a bird used it to build a nest you can still it's much thinner than the other brands.

toppcat · #3 02-09-2014, 09:05 AM

I am wondering if the skinnier packs were intended for distribution to US Military personnel. I'm just speculating but do know when Topps had a contract to provide gum for field rations, they had to alter the normal size of the gum tab to meet government specs to fit in the ration kit. Just a thought.

Leon · #4 02-09-2014, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by toppcat

I am wondering if the skinnier packs were intended for distribution to US Military personnel. I'm just speculating but do know when Topps had a contract to provide gum for field rations, they had to alter the normal size of the gum tab to meet government specs to fit in the ration kit. Just a thought.

Now that is an interesting thought. And if I am not mistaking many, if not MOST, of the narrow packs are circa 1916!!

I Only Smoke 4 the Cards · #5 02-09-2014, 12:10 PM

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Originally Posted by toppcat

I am wondering if the skinnier packs were intended for distribution to US Military personnel. I'm just speculating but do know when Topps had a contract to provide gum for field rations, they had to alter the normal size of the gum tab to meet government specs to fit in the ration kit. Just a thought.

Could this be learned from contacting the military for purchase order records?

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toppcat · #6 02-09-2014, 12:13 PM

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Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

Could this be learned from contacting the military for purchase order records?

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I think your best bet is newspaper accounts or maybe old tobacco journals as a lot of trade information used to me published in them; I'm not sure what records would exist still although there is a lot of esoteric stuff on Google Books that is really just lists and lists of things which are sometimes on point. In my dealings with the military through my job I have not found them to freely provide information about anything to do with logistics, no matter how far in the past.

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