Vintage Rare Backs - T59 Rare Backs


T59 Flags of Nations were issued with several rare brands, Puritan and Derby Little Cigars are scarce. Interestingly, Burdick once catalogued Hustler as a possible T206 back, none has ever been found. Other brands include Scrap Iron Scrap, Jack Rose, Sub Rosa, Sweet Caporal , and Recruit.


	Allen and Ginter had success with their flags issue in the 1800s, and the marketing moguls of the American Tobacco Co. saw fit to continue a successful theme. T59 imagery depicts exotic lands and far away places. Large poster ads of the period by Turkish Trophies and Mecca also use the same marketing strategy to convey that the smoking experience is exotic, sophisticated, and in vogue.