Printing irregularity found on a Piedmont 350 back

[vintagebb2014]

To all the T206 collector. I recently discovered a printing irregularity on the T206 Harry Krause, pitching version with a Piedmont 350 back. I purchased 2 different Harry Krause (pitching) cards from two different Sellers within the past month. I noticed that each had a unique printing irregularity on the "T" in Piedmont. I have viewed 30 or so Harry Krause (pitching version) cards with the Piedmont 350 back which are for sale and those recently purchased and I have not be able to find another card with the same printing irregularity. If anyone has the card with the same marking it would be interesting to know. Thanks.







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[Leon]

A new T206 error? Several years ago this would have been holy grail news. Something was on the printing plate that smeared the ink and/or it looks like the letter formation was changed....

[Michael Peich]

I could not agree more with Leon’s assessment. The “irregularity” is a plate imperfection causing the ink to smear. While interesting, it’s nothing more than an example of the pitfalls of early 20c printing.

Cheers,
Mike

[vintagebb2014]

Thank you Leon and Mike for your responses and expertise. It was just strange to me that this marking was on the back of two cards that I purchased last month and I haven't been able to find any others with similar markings. Thanks again.

[Pat R]

Hi Scott,

I did a quick check and found several other Krause (pitching) PD350's
with the same flaw, here are a few of them.

Krause 1.jpgKrause 2.jpg
Krause 3.jpgKrause 4.jpg

In my experience from researching print group 2 back flaws like
this you will generally find these flaws in about a 1 in 20-25 sales range.

It's also likely that this exact flaw can be found on one or
two other print group 2 subjects.

Here's a similar flaw that is found on three different print group 2
subjects.
Brain-Ganzel-Dygert Back.jpg
Brain-Ganzel-Dygert.jpg

Thanks for posting about this it is helpful in the research of
the printing process.

[Luke]

Thanks for pointing this print flaw out Scott! Like Pat said, every new print flaw we find gets us a little closer to understanding the way these cards were printed.