Jim, Ted, Scot, et al-
I have 28 different T206 fronts with Piedmont 350-460 Factory 42 backs. I've looked thru them and I don't really see a pattern as with the Sovereigns. Also, the difference in colors is not as distinct to me as the Sovereigns are. Finally, from my small sample population, the normal darker Piedmont blues are more prevalent than the lighter blues.
Here's my data with my judgement on the shade of blue:
350-460 Regular Prints that are normal darker Piedmont blue
Baker
Burch
Cobb Bat Off
Crawford
Davis
Doolan
Downey
Doyle Batting
Elberfeld
Jennings Both Hands
Joss
Konetchy
Lake No Ball
Magee
McQuillan
Overall Hands Face Level
Snodgrass
Willis Batting
Young
3
50-460 Super Prints that are normal darker Piedmont blue
Evers
460 Only that are normal darker Piedmont blue
Kleinow
Schaefer
350-460 Regular Prints that are lighter blue
Griffith
Johnson
Stahl
Willis Throwing
350-460 Super Prints that are lighter blue
Chase Blue Portrait
Cobb Red Portrait
460 Only that are lighter blue
None
Below are scans of Piedmont backs. What I'm calling darker Piedmont blue is the bottom left, and what I'm calling lighter blue is the bottom right.
Ted-
No, I do not have any additions to the twelve 460 Only, which I believe are:
Bergen
Chase Trophy
Devore
Kleinow
Latham
Merkle
Murray
Overall Hands at Waist
Schaefer
Seymour Portrait
Smith Chi & Bos
Wiltse Portrait with Cap
And finally, I still believe there's gotta be a Tinker Bat Off with P42 back out there, somewhere
Best Regards,
Craig