Manufacturer: American Tobacco Company
Card Dimensions: Approximately 17⁄16” x 2⅝”
Additional Information/14,000 Phillies Commentary: Almost certainly the most famous and the most important of the 20th century tobacco issues. Thanks to the wide array of different backs, there are 146 confirmed different total variations of the 13 basic Phillies cards in the T206 set. Thankfully, modern collectors have a wonderful resource tool, T206Resource.com, for learning about the history of the set, seeing samples of all the different backs, and getting a breakdown of all the variations and levels of scarcity. The cards are not numbered; although both Beckett and SCD employ the same numbering system, which assigns numbers after listing all the players in alphabetical order by last name, they differ in how they handle what appear to be errors rather than variations. This results in slightly differing checklists. For example, Beckett assigns the “Magie” portrait error its own card number while SCD assigns it the same number as the corrected version, appending the numbers with (a) and (b) designations to denote error and corrected card. The SCD system is used in the checklist below.
For the purposes of this checklist, it should be noted that with the exception of the “Magie” error, the “Piedmont 350” and “Sweet Caporal 350, 30” backs are the two only backs with which all the Phillies cards appear. Interestingly, the “Magie” error is only available with the “Piedmont 150” back, which makes sense once you understand the history of the set. In order to more concisely list all the possible variations, each possible T206 back (other than the “Piedmont 350” and “Sweet Caporal 350, 30”) is listed after the primary checklist and is followed by just the assigned numbers of the cards that possess that back. These lists would not have been possible without the help of T206Resource.com. Furthermore, only the confirmed cards as of January 9, 2013 are listed here. The lists will be revised accordingly when confirmations of other player/back combinations take place.
Finally, Topps has recycled the T206 designs on numerous occasions. Most notably, the 2002, 2009, & 2010 Topps 206 sets (the 2002 set includes reprints of the “Magie” error and the corrected version of the card), as well as for its 2010/2011 eTopps T206 Tribute cards. Topps also used it as part of its 2008 Topps Trading Card History inserts, but no Phillies appeared with the design.
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William “Kitty” Bransfield Harry Coveleski Charles “Red” Dooin Mickey Doolan (Batting pose) Mickey Doolan (Fielding pose) Mickey Doolin (Portrait pose; uncorrected error: last name should be spelled “Doolan”) Fred Jacklitsch Otto Knabe Sherry Magie (Portrait pose, error: last name spelled incorrectly) Sheery Magee (Portrait pose, corrected) Sherry Magee (“With Bat” pose) George McQuillan (“Ball in Hand” pose) George McQuillan (“With Bat” pose) John Titus |
American Beauty 350 Frame
135, 252, 478
American Beauty 350 No Frame
134, 288, 320
American Beauty 460
320
Broad Leaf 350
135, 252, 478
Broad Leaf 460
134
Carolina Brights
478
Cycle 350
135, 252, 478
Cycle 460
134, 288, 320
Drum 350
134, 252, 288, 320, 478
El Principe De Gales
104, 133, 134, 136, 287(b), 288, 319, 320, 478
Hindu Brown
48, 287(b), 319
Hindu Red
134, 288
Lennox Black
288, 320
Lennox Brown
320
Old Mill
104, 134, 136, 224, 288, 319, 320, 478
Polar Bear
134, 288, 320, 478
Piedmont 150
48, 104, 133, 136, 224, 287(a), 287(b), 319
Piedmont 460, 25
134, 288, 320, 134, 288, 320
Sovereign 150
48, 104, 133, 136, 224, 287(b), 319
Sovereign 350 Apple Green
134, 288, 320
Sovereign 350 Forest Green
133, 135, 224, 252, 478
Sweet Caporal 150, 25 &
Sweet Caporal 150, 30
(Checklist the same for both backs)
48, 104, 133, 136, 224, 287(b), 319
Sweet Caporal 150, 649
48, 319
Sweet Caporal 350, 25
48, 104, 134, 135, 136, 224, 252, 287(b), 288, 320, 478
Sweet Caporal 460, 25
288
Sweet Caporal 460, 42
134, 288
Sweet Caporal 460, 42 Over Print
134, 288, 320
Tolstoi
134, 135, 252, 288, 320
Uzit
320
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