June 15, 2023: Tobacco Cards Only Auction
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/15/2023
Offered is an important card from one of the difficult early tobacco issues, the 1914 T213 Coupon Cigarettes Type 2 issue that mimics the images of T206 cards but is markedly rarer. The fact that the cards were produced and distributed almost exclusively in Louisiana only adds to their cachet. This example is from one of the great Hall of Famers from the turn of the century, a Mordecai Brown St. Louis, one of two Brown variations in the set that is found here in a PSA 1 holder. The card centering is tolerable all the way around; the pastel blue and green background colors set off the image of Brown, and the “Brown, St. Louis Fed,” typeface in blue is one of the distinctive elements that differentiates it from its T206 counterparts. The card reveals significant creasing and rounded corners, along with some modest paper loss and staining and grime on the back.
1914 T213 Coupon Cigarettes (Type 2) Mordecai Brown St. Louis PSA 1
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