The nuances of the T206 set are so wide-ranging and fascinating that they have spawned a myriad of collector types: while some are purely set completists others choose to segment their collection by restricting their T206 pursuit to Hall of Famers members of a given team cards with a certain back advertisement (or the corollary all the available back varieties of a single player) types of player pose or any number of other possibilities.One of the most popular T206s pursuits is to assemble a collection of each of the 38-40 different back varieties produced in this issue. As the subtleties and complexities of the T206 issue become more closely studied by hobby scholars back collecting continues to grow in popularity among collectors which has resulted in an explosion in values among T206s with difficult back varieties. One of the most difficult - and least understood - varieties is the simple blank back. Unmarked with the traditional back advertisement for an ATC tobacco brand "authentic" blank backs are typically hand cut and not factory cut. These cards are thought by most to be a form of "printer"s scrap;" cards which were not completed and discarded for whatever reason only to be later hand cut. Were sheets taken out the back door and hand cut to be collected by an ATC employee"s child? Were they cut down and used as reference copies by the printer or quality control worker? Were they simply thrown away but somehow survived only to be cut later by an enterprising collector? It is likely we will never know - what we do know however is that the T206 scholars at T206resource.com estimate that the blank back is the tenth most scarce back variety of all - more difficult than even the highly sought-after Carolina Brights Piedmont Factory 42 or American Beauty 460 backs.Still the blank-backed T206 will remain a fascinating variety of T206 card and a necessary component of any T206 back collection.Presented here is a stellar example: a clean well-cut version of Cincinnati pitcher Harry Gasper. With a striking image and vivid color the Gasper is