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Originally Posted by tedzan
3rd....the Exclusive 12 (as I like to refer to them) in the 460-only series provide us true insight into how ALC formatted the printing of certain T206's. These 12 subjects,
based on the availability of their various tougher T-brand backs, without a doubt show us that they were printed separately from the other 36 subjects that were printed
with only 460 backs. Therefore, we have a valid example to consider in our search for how other T206's were printed.
And I might add, that the 12 - T205 Minor League subjects also provide us a clue as to how these cards were formatted. It would not surprise me to discover
that these 12 subjects were printed on a sheet separate from all the other T205 cards.
TED Z.
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Hey guys,
Here is that recurring
12 factor again......it is found throughout the various white-bordered sets (T206's, T213's, T215's, etc.); and, gold-bordered (T205) set (1909-1919).
The artistic designs of these 12 Minor Leaguers (ML) are unlike the other T205 designs. All 12 of these guys represent teams in the Eastern League. They were printed only
with two T-brand backs:
HASSAN Factory #649 or
POLAR BEAR. The bios on the backs of these cards suggest that these 12 ML were printed at the tail end of the T205
press run (perhaps in 1912). I would venture to say that these 12 subjects were printed on a separate sheet of their own (without any of the T205 Major Leaguers on it).
Illustrated here is a theoretical 48-card sheet of the T205 Minor Leaguers (may have also been printed as a 96-card sheet).
Examples like this ML group of 12 - T205's.....and the Exclusive 12 of the T206 (460-only) series.....and the 12 subjects in the T206 150-only series.....and the similar examples
in the T213's, and T215's where it is obvious that the cards were printed in
columns of 12 is certainly enough evidence in my logical thinking mind that indeed this pattern was
American Lithographic's printing format.
TED Z
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