T206 Bob Ewing small "w"

[iwantitiwinit]

I don't know/remember this ever being discussed before but has anyone else noticed that some T206 Bob Ewing cards show his name printed two different ways? Specifically it appears as if there was something covering a portion of the "w" or that a smaller "w" type font was used on some cards. Here is a link to one with this variation (it almost appears as if a smaller "w" was used"):

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-T206-16...item5d54fec053

and here is a regular one:

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-1909...item4ac5b5dda1

Any thoughts? If you look at several of his cards it almost looks as if there are different degrees to which the "w"is blocked. The first example above is one of the smallest I've seen.

Is there any premium to the smaller "w"?

[Leon]

maybe something got on the printing plate?

[frankbmd]

You always get less for your dollar from Dean's cards.

[xplainer]

Looks to me like something was on the plate too.
Not just a small W, but the I, N, G, and the comma are cut off.
Seems to be at an angle from low right to higher left, if that makes sense.

Maybe a small scrap of paper?

[insccollectibles]

Originally Posted by frankbmd

You always get less for your dollar from Dean's cards.

this made me laugh a lot. anyone know how to exclude sellers from your ebay feed?

[Pat R]

Ewing has a few interesting printing flaws. I checked 201 Ewing scans ( some
were definitely the same cards I'm guessing 160-175 were different cards) the
ones with part of the letters missing on the bottom of the name all have a
bump in the top border but I also found some missing part of the top border
and some with part of the top border filled in.

At first I thought they might have fixed the name and the top border on this
particular plate but I think the bump is a little to far to the left for this to
be the case but it does appear that the plate missing part of the top border
was filled in and the backs found with these two flaws are in the right printing
timeframe for this fix.


These are the flaws I found.

Missing part of the letters and bump in border -7 total
SC 649 - 3
PD 159 - 2
SC 150/25 -2

Missing Part of top border- 4 total
SC 150/30 - 1
SC 649 - 2
Hindu - 1


Gap filled in on top border - 9
PD 150 - 8
PD - 350 - 1

[iwantitiwinit]

Nice work

[Sean]

Originally Posted by Leon

maybe something got on the printing plate?

+1

The "W" appears to be the same size, but something blocked it (and the IN) from printing properly.

[steve B]

There are a few cards that show stuff like this.

I believe it's a flaw in either the transfers that were probably used to lay out the plate, or the transfer not getting transferred completely.

It should be on about 1/6 or 1/8 series 150 Ewings if one set of plates were used, fewer if multiple sets of plates were used.


Steve B

[iwantitiwinit]

I don't know if its paper on the plate blocking some of the print type because it seems to be on too many of the cards. I've been looking at all the Ewing's that have come up for sale and it seems that about 1 in 5 have a portion of the letters blocked. Could the type set have been chipped? Since I just bought one of these and now that it's pointed out do you think there is any premium (selfish motives not withstanding)?