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 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 T206 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 a tobacco brand "authentic" blank backs are typically hand cut and not factory cut. The 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. T206 collectors consider the blank back to be in the top ten of scarcity when it comes to back varieties within the set. Presented here is an attractive blank-backed card of Fred Beck of Boston. Graded A by SGC as it should be the card has clearly been hand cut though it remains roughly the size it should be though cut to a slight tilt. Some mild surface wear on the front does not detract significantly from the eye appeal of the card; the blank back suffers from only minor soiling. An excellent example of a very desirable back variation.