I think the catalog went with "error" as a catchall term for "recurring things that aren't normal"
If it's genuine, and I say if mostly because I haven't seen the card or a really good scan, I'd say it's an error, as much as the other listed errors like Dopner and Shappe and Nodgrass. All of them would have been caused by a mistake in laying down the transfer onto the stone. And thus, the areas of missing caption like Schmidt and the poorly aligned attempts at correcting the same sort of mistake like Anderson should also be listed since they have the same cause.
I also think that setting the various mistakes as the catalog did is a pretty good idea. It allows each collector an easy way to decide if they want to pursue them. I think most people would feel they had to include the errors if they were part of the main listing.
Steve B
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