T206 Brown OLD MILL cards....are there any more than just 11 ?

[tedzan]

To date, we have confirmed 11 brown OLD MILL cards. The consensus of opinion is that these were T206 "scraps".....that were never inserted into OLD MILL cigarette packs.
So, how these got into circulation is anyone's guess. Perhaps, some kid in the Summer of 1909 found them in American Litho's trash (corner of 19th St. & Park Avenue South,
NYC). Or, perhaps these cards were carried out by a printer employed there.

A previous thread discussed the possibility of 34 Southern League (SL) cards that may be found with the brown OLD MILL backs. That info is found in this thread......
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=124105

My guess is that we may find only one more SL card with a brown OLD MILL back. I base this on my conjecture that T206's were printed on sheets formatted in 12-card rows.
These brown OLD MILL's are most likely the result of several test prints made on the 12-card strip shown here when the printers switched over from their brown HINDU press
runs; and, prior to the SL OLD MILL press runs (with black ink).

I realize that others on this forum may differ with this concept. And, that's fine with me. Anyhow, let's see if we can find more of these strange and very rare T206 SL cards.
And perhaps, my guess of only 12 will be proven wrong.




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