Posted By:
Joe D.Mike,
The poor Piedmont lineups is not a registration issue.
The entire blue would move as a unit and would always line up with itself.
Even if it was in the wrong position... all of the blue would be in the wrong position (and would stay consistent).
It is impossible for part of the plate to move and the other part to stay still.
Before the puzzle was put together - I would have definitely gone with the waste sheet theory (without question). But putting them together and seeing that things don't line up - it becomes apparent that the piedmonts were not on the sheet that way...
I can't help but think that they were normal cards, already cut, that someone lined up and then stamped with the laxative stuff.
Regards,
Joe