Hey guys......here is that recurring
12 factor again.
The artistic designs of these 12 Minor Leaguers (ML) are unlike the other T205 designs. All 12 of these subjects represent teams in the Eastern League.
These 12 subjects 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 (either in late 1911 or early 1912). And, I would venture to say that these 12 guys
were printed on a separate sheet of their own.
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
T205 Minor League group of 12
and,
the
Exclusive 12 of the T206 (460-only) series....Post #3
and,
the 12 subjects in the T206
150-only group
and,
the 350 series printing of the T206
48 - Southern Leaguer subjects
and,
the
12 x 4 format of Major Leaguers in the 1910 COUPON (T213-1) set....Post #3
and,
similar examples in the
T215 set............
plus,
other structural series in the T206 set (not yet mentioned) combine to make it quite obvious that the cards were formatted in
columns of 12.
These facts are certainly enough evidence to my thinking that this pattern may have been American Lithographic's printing format.
TED Z
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