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The Staten Island Hindu Find
UNBELIEVABLE!

An extremely rare and educational T205 tobacco card find coming out of Staten Island, New York!  

16 Cards!

Some cards will be the first known copies ever to surface. Others of course have only one or two known examples.

This is a historical find by a private individual from Staten Island.

It's quite a story that will be told someday!





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*Incredible 16*   T205 Hindu Card Find - November 2023
There were 16 Hindu cards in this find. Made up of the following players. Numerous duplicates.

4 - Leon Ames

2 - James Archer

3 - Joshua Devore

2 - Richard Egan

1 - William Bransfield

2 - John Pfiester

1 - John Kling

1 - Harmon

1 - Josh Devore - *Not pictured in the original group picture.

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Back Image
The T205 Hindu back is significantly harder to locate than the T206 Hindu back.

Quote below is from Lew Lipset...

"Without question in my experience the toughest T205 back easily surpassing the Drum."

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Ames SGC 40/3
Graded by SGC December 2023
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Ames SGC 40/3
Graded by SGC December 2023
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Leon K. Ames 2 - Front
New York Giants

mattengle61@gmail.com

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Ames 2 - Back
Factory No. 649 1st Dist. N.Y.
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Leon Ames Front
PSA 2

Graded by PSA March 2024

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Leon Ames Back
PSA 2

Graded by PSA March 2024

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Ames Front
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Ames Back
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Archer SGC 40/3 Front
Graded by SGC February 2024
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Archer SGC 40/3 Back
Graded by SGC February 2024
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James P. Archer - Front
Chicago Nationals

Notice the light print line just above the collar.
Possible wet sheet transfer.

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James Archer
Back from SGC Grading June 2024
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Archer - Back
Factory No. 649 1st Dist. N.Y.
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James Archer
Back from SGC Grading June 2024
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William E. Bransfield - Front
Philadelphia Nationals
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Bransfield - Back
Factory No. 649 1st Dist. N.Y.
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Joshua Devore - Front
New York Nationals
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Devore - Back
Factory No. 649 1st Dist. N.Y.
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devore1
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devore 2
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Joshua Devore
Tracked the missing card down through EBay.

16th Card -

First Card Sold was on Ebay

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Joshua Devore
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Egan SGC 40/3
Graded by SGC March 2024
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Egan SGC 40/3
Graded by SGC March 2024
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Richard J. Egan - Front
Cincinnati Nationals

Notice the light print line just above the collar.
Possible wet sheet transfer.

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Egan - Back
Factory No. 649 1st Dist. N.Y.
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harmon1
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harmon2
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Kling SGC 2.5 Front
Graded by SGC December 2023
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Kling SGC 2.5 Back
Graded by SGC December 2023
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Pfiester SGC 2.5 Front
Graded by SGC January 2024
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Pfiester SGC 2.5 Back
Gtaded by SGC January 2024
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Hindu Cork Tip Cigarettes
An extremely rare back from the beautiful T205 set!

Confirmed Hindu Cards - From my notes. If not correct please contact us.

Ames - 6+ known examples

Archer - Only 2 known examples

Ball - 1 Known example

Bailey - 2 Known examples

Bescher - 1 Known example

Bransfield - 2 known examples

Cicotte - 1 known example

Devore - 4 known examples

Dickson - 1 known example

Duffy - 1 known example

Egan - 2 known examples

Engle - 2 known examples

Gaspar - 2 known examples

Harmon - 1 known example

Jacklitsch - 1 known example

Johnson - 1 known example

Kling - 2 known examples

Leifield - 2 known examples

Lennox - 1 known example

Magee - 1 known example

McBride - 1 known example

Pfiester - 3 known examples

Sharpe - 3 known examples

Simmons - 1 known example

Stahl - 1 known example

Stanage - 1 known example

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1980 Trader Speaks
Odd there is no mention of Hindu cards in 1980 T205 article by Bill Heitman.

However Lew Lipset does mention them in 1986 in one of his publications.

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Bob Harmon
PSA 1.5

Graded by PSA December 2023

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Leon Ames
PSA 2

Graded by PSA March 2024

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Josh Devore
PSA 1.5

Graded by PSA March 2024

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Interesting
Hindu not yet discovered in 1980? Seems like there should be some mention of the rare back.

What should back multipliers be for Hindu?
50-70x