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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

LEAF's 1st series press runs were completed before May 1949. By May-June 1949, Leaf started releasing their
2nd series of 49 cards (the scarce SP cards).

This card is not a legitimate variation. It's just another one of Leaf's whacky color printing errors.

If you look closely at the red brim on his cap, it is indicative of a Cleveland cap. The "C" was there initially and
the normal dark blue color obscures it. I believe there were two applications of blue ink in their printing process:
a light blue pass, then a darker blue pass

Here's a scan of my two Musial cards that illustrates this "two blue" printing process.






Summarizing....the Edwards with the visible "C" on his cap is simply a color error that is the result of missing the
darker blue inking.


TED Z