[tedzan]

Tim

Please realize, I am referring only to the printing of the "backs" and the BLUE ink used. There are too many light (and porous) blue backs
found on either PIEDMONT 460/42 or UZIT cards.

Your example with the Factory #649 overprints is anecdotal....the greater majority of the cards with the Factory #649 overprinted back
are found with a normal Red color. Furthermore, such anecdotal examples can be shown for all of the T206 advertising backs.
What I am observing here with the PIEDMONT 460/42 and UZIT backs is....that at a certain timeline in early 1911, American Litho. (ALC)
was printing these 2 backs with an inferior quality of blue ink....therefore, the numerous lighter blue advertising backs on these 2 brands.
Conversely, ALC also used their normal (deeper) blue ink to print these two backs. Whether the dark blue ink was first used, or the light
(porous) blue ink was first is unknown (and probably irrelevant).


Now, let's consider the timeline. In the early part of 1911, the American Tobacco Co (ATC) was anticipating their forthcoming divestiture.
ATC transferred their PIEDMONT tobacco production to the Liggett & Myers (L & M) plant in Durham, NC (Factory 42). ATC's divestiture
also directed ATC to transfer their AMERICAN BEAUTY tobacco production to this L & M Factory (#42).

OK, I have previously made the linkage between the AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 fronts and the UZIT fronts for the 350/460 series subjects.
Therefore, it is fair to say that a coincident timeline exists in the printing of these AMERICAN BEAUTY 460 (Factory 42) and UZIT cards.

Also, recall the existence of an ALC letter (dated March 1911) that tells us of the of the intermixing of a T206 UZIT card with a T80 (Mil-
itary Series) card in a UZIT cigarette pack. This letter provides us a timeline of when in 1911 (January & February) the T206 production
run was nearing its end. UZIT cards, along with AMERICAN BEAUTY 460, LENOX, & PIEDMONT 460/42 cards, were at the very tail-end of
the T206 era.

Finally, I think it's fair to conclude that a coincident timeline exists in the printing of the backs of the PIEDMONT 460/42 and UZIT cards.
It is standard practice that when printers are applying a certain color, they will print all jobs that require that color.


TED Z