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Originally Posted by Runscott
Ted, I had planned on doing some research and including it in a future article about Coupons, but since you posted this card...
Given that the T206 Demmitt NY came out first, followed by the T206 Demmitt StL, THEN the Coupons came out,
Why are their remnants of 'New York' on the Coupon 'Demmitt StL', which came out after the T206 issue, but not on the T206 'Demmitt StL'? It leads me to believe that the plates for the T206 Demmitt NY were saved, despite the change to StL, and that the artist for the Coupon cards used the NY plates. Kind of senseless, but it appears that's what happened.
Thoughts?
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Is it possible that when the Polar Bear cards were printed, a higher grade of white ink was used, which masked the 'New York' underneath, and then later, the T213 printing run used the same plate, but used a lesser quality white ink that was more transparent allowing the "New York" underneath to show through the layer of white ink?