Joe Tinker t206 variation?

[parkerj33]

In the middle of this very long article, https://static1.squarespace.com/stat...f_the_T206.pdf, the author discusses the existence of Joe Tinker hands on knees variation. Specifically, for those that haven't read the article, he notes there are 3 known copies where his uniform has remnants of the "Chicago" name on the front as well as the "CUBS" name. You might recall that many of the t206 cubs players that show gray road "CUBS"-adorned jerseys are short printed and/or discontinued after the 150 series...to be replaced with images with gray jerseys adorned with "Chicago". The team never actually used gray road jerseys with "CUBS" across the front prior to 1911 so the t206 designers backed out those versions. I'm not quite sure why the artists ever rendered those in the first place but maybe because it was easier to place CUBS on an image than a logo or the full text.





Now I am no expert, but I thought I had devoured every t206 thread on this board since early 2005. In all that time, I can't recall any discussion of the existence of a Joe Tinker Uniform variation. I don't think TedZ nor scott reader have ever made reference to such a variation. Clearly I missed it as it is referenced here as well: https://prewarcards.com/2018/11/15/j...schulte-proof/

To me, if this is a real pack-issued variation, and not just a proof, there is a strong case for this to be the 525th card in the set. I am well aware of printing variations such as Sweeney "no B" (and others missing red ink), the Sharpe/Shappe or (s)Nodgrass Batting. I agree with the current convention that these were printing anomolies that occurred during the printing and not a purposely-designed flaw. The Tinker card, much like the Doyle NY Nat'l or Magie, was a willfull and intended that was quickly discovered and corrected. If this is news, then its very possible there are more than 3-4 out there, but its not likely 150-200 like magie, or someone else would have surely mentioned it by now. How is this any different than the other two variations? This is not an accidental flaw to a printing plate (like what caused the nodgrass or shappe). It is not a lack of color being printed on the card.

Isn't this a big deal? What say you?