T206 Brown OLD MILL's....Prints vs No-Prints

[tedzan]

Lately, there seems to be some confusion regarding this T206 back. Therefore, I am reprising this survey of Brown
OLD MILL cards, in order to hopefully allay this confusion.

1st press runs (150 series) of T206 Southern Leaguer (SL) cards include 34 of the 48 SL subjects, that were printed
with Brown HINDU and OLD MILL backs. Imagine that in the course of printing the 34 SL cards with these 2 backs,
there was an instance of a mix-up in the ink application, resulting in the printing of a number of Brown OLD MILL's.

Just my theory.....however, it is a plausible explanation for the existence of these Brown OLD MILL backs. To date,
the proof of this conjecture is evident by this fact....the only Brown OLD MILL's that have been found are from this
group of 34 SL cards that were first printed with Brown HINDU backs.

Here are the Southern Leaguer's from this group of 34 with Brown OLD MILL backs that have been confirmed.........

Bay
Bernhard....................Brown OLD MILL
Breitenstein
Carey
Coles
Cranston
Ellam
Foster........................Brown OLD MILL
Fritz
Greminger...................Brown OLD MILL
Guiheen
Helm..........................Brown OLD MILL
Hickman
Hooker
Howard
Jordan
Kiernan......................Brown OLD MILL
Lafitte
Lipe
Manion
McCauley
Molesworth
Mullaney
Otey
Paige.........................Brown OLD MILL
Perdue
Persons
Reagan.......................Brown OLD MILL
Revelle.......................Brown OLD MILL
Ryan
Shaughnessy
Smith (Atlanta)............Brown OLD MILL
Thornton.....................Brown OLD MILL
Violat


In the next post, I'll list the 14 Southern Leaguer's (350-only series), that if my theory is correct, I claim will NEVER
be found with the Brown OLD MILL back.

Please show or tell us of your Brown OLD MILL's. Especially, if there are any new ones beyond the 10 identified here ?


TED Z

[tedzan]

Assuming my conjecture is valid, then this Southern Leaguer group of 14 cards will never be found with a Brown
OLD MILL back.

Bastian
Hart (Little Rock)
Hart (Montgomery)
King
Lentz
Miller
Orth
Rockenfeld
Seitz
Smith (Shreveport)
Stark
Thebo
Westlake
White (Houston)


Perhaps, some one on this forum will prove me wrong ?


TED Z

[Abravefan11]

Edited: Ted fixed it.

[E93]

Interesting theory. Makes sense. They also apparently got pulled before being inserted in packs since all known were hand-cut. So somebody probably pulled a couple of sheets from final production.
JimB

[Abravefan11]

Leon's Mullaney with the multiple brands back includes a Brown Old Mill.

[Bridwell]

Well done, Ted.

This is further evidence that the Stark brown Old Mill card in the Goodwin auction (#98) is bogus. SGC really looks bad on this one. I see that Goodwin has pulled #98 from the auction. What was SGC thinking?

Ron R