What is the "elite eight"?? T206 List?

[tedzan]

For T206 collectors that like to get into the "nitty-gritty" of front / back combos, here again are the elite 8 subjects.





Originally, when I coined this term several years ago, it included Lundgren (Chicago). However, this 1st series Carl Lundgren card is in a class of its own
in the "hierarchy" of the T206's. This T206 subject was printed with ony 3 different tobacco backs (see post #19 here). The short-printing of Lundgren
was most likely due to his Major League career ending April 23, 1909.

So, I have replaced Lundgren with the Schulte (front view) card in order to be consistent with the other 7 subjects in this group. All eight of these sub-
jects can be found with PIEDMONT 150, SOVEREIGN 150, SWEET CAPORAL 150, and the Brown HINDU backs. The Ewing and Tom Jones cards are also
found with the SWEET CAPORAL 150, Factory 649 overprint.

Very rarely will these 8 cards be found with a PIEDMONT 350 back. And, they were not printed with SOVEREIGN 350, nor SWEET CAPORAL 350 backs.
Furthermore, 7 of these subjects are found with the El Principe de Gales back (EPDG)....but, this a very rare occurence. The Schulte card has yet to
be confirmed with the EPDG back.

TED Z