T206 Howard Chi. odd piedmont back

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Posted By: J Levine

T206 experts...bought this at a show today for a decent price but was intrigued by the back. At first glance, looked like a run of the mill t206 piedmont back but notice the factory line...

The "d DI" in the line is above where it should be...are all Howards like this?

Joshua

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Which Howard is this one ? There are two in the set.

TED Z

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Posted By: J Levine

Ted,
Howard Chicago Natl. It is a Piedmont 350 back.

Joshua

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Posted By: fkw

The "d DI" should be between the "2" and "ST." as in "2d DIST.".

are you sure its not paper damage to the "FACTORY No.25 2d DIST. VA." line??

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Posted By: J Levine

Frank,
I do understand where it should be...I looked at it under a loop and it is just stained...the stain feels a little rough but as far as I can tell it is smooth on the upper part of the line...really strange...even if paper damage, not sure how it would transfer the ink like that.

Joshua

PS Noone else has a Howard they can scan?

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Posted By: Anonymous

Joshua -
Here's mine. It doesn't look like yours???

Tony

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Posted By: barry arnold

Josh,
those letters did take an odd jump.
i see the stain where the letters should've been and thought paper damage might have caused the jump but really don't see any evidence or reason for the jump to occur to the peculiar place where the letters now stand.
Very interesting. Must incubate a bit.

best,
barry