T204 Ramly Cigarettes cards of 1909 feature a beautiful black-and-white portrait of each player encircled in an ornate border with the player's name, position, and team affiliation printed at the bottom. The cards, which are embossed and highlighted with gold ink, are extremely condition-sensitive because they are printed on flimsy paper. The gold borders are also very susceptible to chipping, as is the case with most gold-bordered cards. Between the outstanding player selection and the overall beauty of the issue, higher-grade examples from the set are extremely pricey, making affordable specimens tough to find.

PSA has only ever graded 21 total examples of this 1909 Ramly T204, with only eleven receiving a higher grade than the VG-EX+ 4.5 offered here of Boston catcher Frank Bowerman.

Centering is just slightly west and north on the canvas. Much of the gold border is darker and bolder than you normally see on examples from this set, however, there is some edge wear and chipping that is so common with the set's borders. On this card, much of that is apparent in the top and bottom borders, and particularly in the corners. Despite some light snow in the image itself, Bowerman's portrait is bright and clean. The reverse is mostly clean, with only some minor general soiling, not unusual for these cards, where the embossing can act like a dust magnet.

Attractive Ramlys are among the most beautiful cards in the hobby, but the eye appeal of the issue can sometimes suffer in the lower grades. This is an extraordinary example seldom seen with this sort of visual appeal.