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AlI agree in general with your definition of a true variation....other examples are the 59 Spahn DOBs and the 59 trade/option, no trade/option cards. But, two of the most famous "varitions", the 58 Herrer and the 57 Bakep, are, by that definition "just" printing errors. And the 58 Yellows and the 69 whites....errors/printing defects or variations ? And what about the 5 versions of the 55 Sullivan (106) and the three of Elliot (137)...print defects or variations ? SCD list a " variation" of card 273 in the 1973 set ( Williams). It is a broken gap. Hundreds of broken gap cards now show up on e bay involving vitualy every Topps issue.
It is true a lot of stuff showing up on ebay now is a stretch, but I find them all interesting anyway