Obscure Variations
 

There is sooo much we don't know about boxing stuff. I am pretty good but I find myself discovering new stuff all the time. I recently acquired a 1964 Slania Clay to upgrade mine and when I put them side by side I saw this:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...0Clay%202.jpeg
https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...ay%20light.jpg

WTF??? Maybe the 2nd one is a proof?

Greb can be found like this too, and with a third where his shirt is both blue and white.

Scans stolen from eBay because I'm lazy. Both white backs.

There is also a "magenta" Cassius Clay

https://milehighcardco.com/LotDetail...entoryid=77725

A stamp collector I contacted thinks the lighter one is a counterfeit. I am not sure what it is. Seems like a ridiculous effort to make a counterfeit that doesn't even look like the original.

Anyhow, moving on, I did not know about this E282 variation until I ran across it:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...%20Dempsey.jpghttps://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...0variation.jpg

Here is an Oh Boy checklist of 31 cards. I'd guess the variation is part of the set to make it an even 32 cards.

http://www.moviecard.com/zamerican/a...dey-ohboy.html

The second is most likely fake. Slania was a very prolific stamp and banknote engraver, and among the best ever. That second one looks like a not so good attempt at duplicating what he did, and is probably lithographed rather than engraved.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Czes%C5%82aw_S%C5%82ania

I didn't know he did a series of boxers and series of other subjects on his own.

http://www.slaniastamps-heindorffhus...Athletes01.htm

The lousy looking one is not engraved so not a Slania. A knock-off meant to look like a Slania.