Posted By:
Ted ZanidakisOver the years I have had several YELLOW background T206 cards.
One was Delahanty (normally GREEN backgnd). The others I do not
recall as I traded them to a friend who collects errors & vari-
ations many years ago.
These cards were produced by a 4-color printing process; and the
first pass in the process is always the YELLOW inking. So, these
color errors are simply the result of an incomplete printing run.
For R. Ellingsen,
I have two YELLOW-ORANGE T206 Ty Cobbs exactly like yours.
These Cobbs didn't receive the full "inking" process that would
have resulted in the normally RED background card. I got my first
one about 20 years ago, and now between the 3 we have and one
more that was on Ebay recently, there are at least 4 in the hobby.
I wonder how many more are out there ?
This T206 Cobb color variation is at least as rare as the
Wagner; and it even has the same background color ! HA !
Anyhow, the way I view it, is I have 5 different Cobbs in my set.