Never-Before-Seen Babe Ruth prewar card coming soon to Heritage!

glchen · #1 03-24-2024, 04:36 AM

Here it is, along with the other variations.

EddieP · #2 03-24-2024, 06:12 AM

I� m glad this thread popped up again. I�ve been studying the British American Tobacco Company Booklet published by the Cartophilic Society of Great Britain in the 1950s.These cards were distributed by the British American Tobacco Company probably in the 1930s. At the time of the Booklet�s publication, the set was known to have existed in Argentina though it was never seen by the Society members. They believed the set was manufactured in Chile ( British American Tobacco had a manufacturing plant there) and distributed to Argentina , other parts of South America , and perhaps, Spain.

Based on the agreement between American Tobacco and Imperial Tobacco in 1902 the set most likely was not distributed in Cuba. Likewise , The BAT English Version was NOT distributed in the UK nor the US, but rather was distributed in Malaysia, other parts of Southeast Asia, and probably China.

I would be interested to know if there is difference in the card stocks between the English Version and the Spanish Version.

BTW, nice pick-up.

Exhibitman · #3 03-24-2024, 06:56 AM

Very nice. Reminds me of other UK dual sets like Machado Tobacco (Jamaica).

Maxjacks · #4 03-24-2024, 01:24 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by glchen

Here it is, along with the other variations.

Great image Gary, Are you the person who won the lot at Heritage?

glchen · #5 03-25-2024, 12:14 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by EddieP

I would be interested to know if there is difference in the card stocks between the English Version and the Spanish Version.

BTW, nice pick-up.

Thanks, Eddie. I couldn't tell if there is much of a difference between the card stocks

Quote:

Originally Posted by Maxjacks

Great image Gary, Are you the person who won the lot at Heritage?

Hi Max, yes, I did win the lot on Heritage for this. I'm just keeping the Ruth card, and I'll probably get around to selling the rest of the lot sometime later when I find time to scan the cards and create ebay listings for them.

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