Lot # 328: 1909-1911 T206 White Border Christy Mathewson Portrait SGC EX/NM+ 6.5 - Brown Hindu Back - 1 of 1 - Highest Graded!

Graded EX/NM+ 6.5 by SGC. This is the ONLY example of this front/back combination graded at this level by SGC with none higher! Spectacular high-grade example of New York Giants Hall of Famer Christy Mathewson (portrait) from the T206 series featuring a desirable Brown Hindu advertising reverse. This is a particularly rare and noteworthy combination! Rare-back T206s are always popular, but are naturally all the more special when the card happens to feature one of the keys in the set. That is certainly the case here, as Mathewson's portrait card is one of the most desirable of all vintage Hall of Famer cards, one of the most popular of all T206 designs, and one of the highest regarded of all his cards. The offered example boasts beautiful colors, excellent registration, outstanding centering, and strong corners. The brown Hindu print on the reverse is flawless and bold. This is an exceptional high-grade, rare-back example of one of the most popular cards in the entire T206 set.