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Hi Ted,

Thanks for your Net54 reporting on the apple green Sovereign 350s. Your discovery of J. Doyle and Rhoades (Right Arm Extended) with this back is very important in explaining why these subjects are more difficult than run of the mill 350-only subjects. I would venture to say that these two subjects [along with Kleinow (N.Y. Catching), Nichols and Smith (Chicago White Cap)] are probably at least 1.5X more difficult than garden variety 350/460 RP subjects, since about 2/3 of the 350/460 RP print run involved 350 series backs, while the other 1/3 addressed 460 series backs.

One thing that puzzles me is why the six 350/460 superprints are found with the apple green Sovereign 350 back rather than the forest green Sovereign 350 back. As you know, the superprints were generally printed with backs otherwise exclusive to the 350-only subject group (American Beauty 350 Frame, Broad Leaf 350, Carolina Brights, Cycle 350). And they were generally NOT printed with backs otherwise exclusive to the 350/460 RP subject group (American Beauty 350 No Frame). We would thus expect the superprints to be found with the forest green Sovereign 350--not the apple green variety. Yet this does not appear to be the case. Any thoughts on this apparent anomaly?

Scot