1910 Champions (T218) Multi-Sport Forum

Like a lot of tobacco issues, the T-218 has backs for Mecca Cigarettes and Hassan cigarettes.  I also own a specimen of Andrew Glarner with no tobacco branding at all, merely the name "Champion Athlete and Prize Fighter Series/ No. 11/ 50 Designs" I would assume that the master set has all 3 types? How do we want to address this?

I am no Tobacco era expert, but I do remember a thread here in the past dealing with the different backs, and it was concluded then with the thought to leave things the way they are as there was no way to determine, due to age and scarcity, which cards had multiple advertising backs and which did not. 

Cool. That works fine for me. I'm dealing with housekeeping stuff and inventorying cards as they get located in the hellscape that is my organization system. :D 

Best bet at this point is to do "Detailed Add" (or "Update Details") and put that in the comments (same screen as where you'd put condition or serial numbering).

Cool vroomed. Thanks mijo. :D 

I know the golfers were only available in Mecca backs.  I'm pretty sure I've seen checklists for each in the past, I'll see what I can dig up this week.

I have seen the NO BRAND back, but I have not been able to obtain one.  I think the unbranded ones might be part of the Canadian set. I've seen them listed as C52, or Canadian T218.  The backs say 50 designs, but they are also numbered, and I've seen numbers higher than 50, so I'm not at all sure on the checklist for this set. 

I also have one from this T218 series with a Tolstoi back.  I've only come across 2 with this back (and just noticed another sell on eBay recently), did get one of them and one I missed out on the other.  I'm not sure where I can post this for you guys, but if you want, I can get it scanned.  Is there a place that you just show different back types?

This set, having been released in THREE series, is quite difficult to describe.  That's where some of the "variations" come in with different photos, having been released in a different series.  I also believe one complete series, of the three, was only released with the Mecca back.  I do have a checklist that I've put together from a few sources online that separates the set into the different series.  Also, to get this really complete, I have seen some name spelling errors.  I can post some of those when I come across them, if anyone is interested.