A T219 Thread

[Aquarian Sports Cards]

I'll be honest, I don't think I've ever had any of the Red Cross backs. Very cool.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Aquarian Sports Cards

I'll be honest, I don't think I've ever had any of the Red Cross backs. Very cool.

Their extreme scarcity makes this kind of odd, come to think of it. Usually ATC just cut differently when they wanted to shorten a card a little (T42, T206 American Beauty). That they went to this extra work of actually recropping the image for a set that must have had a tiny, tiny print run seems pointless to me. There’s only a sheet or two worth of surviving cards, this couldn’t have had a large press run or have been expected too, as Red Cross does not seem to have been a strong seller, it’s a tough back in all it’s sets (T60, the T206 clone I’m forgetting the designation of, T207 that’s even tougher than these). Weird.

[RCMcKenzie]

Here is the cropping for Kline from T218 to T219 Red Cross. I always kept the few T219 Red Cross that I had in a separate box from the ME and HLC. I had noticed the borderless backs, but not the cropping on the front, and smaller size, until you mentioned it.

[G1911]

Always cool to have an excuse to ask to see Red Crosses. The cropping on Papke is visible, unintentionally, in post 13. Looks like all of them are just cropped tighter on the viewers left side of the card instead of varying to fit the image. The Jack Johnson must look a little weird; he's already tight to the border in the normal T219.

[gfgcom]

Just received these, not high grade, but very rare!!

[G1911]

Wow! That is awesome. Thank you for sharing them. What a dream find

[Exhibitman]