The T206 HINCHMAN SEMI-COLON

[Craig M]

Caught up in doing colon and semi-colon research I guess!

I first heard of the T206 HINCHMAN semi-colon card when I read Keith Olbermann's article in Issue #9 of the VCBC/1997. He wrote an article named "HOW MANY CARDS IN THE T206 SET?"

In that article, he mentioned that he had a card of Bill Hinchman that had not a comma after his last name but a semi-colon. He stated: "...Whether the comma versions are corrections of this as an original mistake, or this is a random printer's flaw that just showed up on this one sheet, I couldn't tell you..."

So after reading this, I couldn't resist but to do my own research and obtain a good sampling of HINCHMAN cards to see what is really going on.

I present below my HINCHMAN semi-colon card. I invite all to search their collections and post scans of their HINCHMAN cards so that we can compare. After seeing a good cross section of scans, I then will produce scans of other HINCHMAN cards that I have; to reveal possibly the real truth about this card.

Craig

[Craig M]

My scanner cut off the bottom of the card so this next scan should be better.

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by Craig M

I first heard of the T206 HINCHMAN semi-colon card when I read Keith Olbermann's article in Issue #9 of the VCBC/1997. He wrote an article named "HOW MANY CARDS IN THE T206 SET?"

The full article can be read here: How Many Cards In The T206 Set?

[Craig M]

Yet another HINCHMAN with something going on right above the comma. Sure would be nice to get some comments before I post the rest.

[atx840]

Hey Craig. My lone example does not have the semi colon marking but does have a pronounced printers alignment mark that could potentially be causing the top dot marking you see

[npa589]

Originally Posted by atx840

Hey Craig. My lone example does not have the semi colon marking but does have a pronounced printers alignment mark that could potentially be causing the top dot marking you see

Same here. I have the same red alignment mark on one of mine (I currently have 2).

[Cardboard Junkie]

I have a printers line on bottom and top of mine.

[Craig M]

Very nice gentlemen and here's a couple more.

The card on the right, the printer line is a bluish-green color where as the other's appeared to be brownish-black. The card on the right also at the very top center of the card, there is another printer line.

I would say that with so many of these HINCHMAN cards having print marks that were not cleaned up, if you have a high graded HINCHMAN that is completely clean of print lines; that it would hold some type of a premium.

[Craig M]

While doing my research I ran across this double-namer (same name). It is a P150#25. Look closely at this beat up card and you can still see some type of print mark at the very top center.

[jlehma13]

Mine also has a very faint line above the comma.

[steve B]

Lots of the cards have the same partly erased alignment marks. Sometimes in multiple colors. Each different color could possibly have one.

I think those marks will eventually be another clue to sheet layouts.

I had a look for Hinchmans yesterday, since I don't have one yet. There are a few interesting things going on, including a slightly different sunset that might split between 150/350 like Conroys hat.


Is yours with the semicolon P150 with an odd mark on the back?


Steve B

[t206blogcom]

Here's my Hinchman, but it doesn't appear to have a semicolon.