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Originally Posted by White Borders
Steve,
I don't know much about the lithographic process, but in order to have multiple numbers of a given player on a sheet, wouldn't it require multiple stones for that player? And doesn't it require different stones for each color? It seems like that is a lot of extra stones and less economical than having a single set of stones for each player.
Please understand I'm not doubting your knowledge, I'm just hoping that with your knowledge you can enlighten me a bit.
Thanks and best regards,
Craig
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Almost, one stone for each color.
But only one stone of each color for the entire sheet.
The shop I worked at did something like a million deposit slips for a bank. 25x36 sheet, about 64 per sheet.
In 1910 they would print transfers for each color and use those to layout the stone(or plate) That's where the alignment marks at the halfway points of the border come from. Different positions had the alignment marks erased differently. I'm hoping that eventually we will be able to figure out the overall makeup of a sheet from those tiny differences.
Having another group of 12 without the exceptions and maybes of the 150 group is going to be fun.
Steve B