JAMIE HULL and TIM C......
JAMIE
You noted......
"I have often read that the T206 printing process contained six colors -- the ones you mentioned. I've always wondered where this
theory comes from."
Joseph Palmer Knapp (founder of the American Lithographic Co.) was an innovative force in the Lithographic printing industry and in
1895 he got a patent for his "6 cylinder color process". This process greatly improved the quality of color lithography; and I'd guess
that Knapp employed it in the printing of all their sports and non-sports cards during the period of 1909 to 1916.
TIM
As I noted......although, under magnification, some of these cards (150 series) have a very faint hint of the doves. It appears as if
the doves have always been part of the sky effect. And, their visibility is a function of printing inks.
I arrange my T206 sets in a binder separating the successive series. And, I can tell you that by doing this, it becomes very obvious
that the 350 series cards have a richer BLUE quality about them (than the 150 series cards).
TED Z
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