T206 production/printing questions/comments

[teetwoohsix]

[QUOTE=tedzan;1108355]With all due repect Clayton...... we have re-hashed this subject many times. The cards were printed at American Lithographic. First the fronts, then the backs. The jobber
would then cut the sheets down to individual cards and he would ship them to the various Tobacco Factory's.

We have a well-known American Lithographic ledger document (dated Feb. 1911) that shows us completed cards (front & back) and instructs how the T206's & T80's were
to be inserted in the UZIT and LENOX cigarette packs at Factory #30.

Furthermore, there are many other examples, such as WET-SHEET imprints of backs on fronts, printer's test proofs with non-sports fronts on T206 backs, etc., etc.
And, one of the best examples is Leon's Mullaney with several overprints. Hey Leon....it's time to show your wild looking T206 again.

Hi Ted-

I guess the part that baffles me is "what was the printing equiptment at the factories used to print?". There's no doubt that the ALC printed fronts and backs, but I've found numerous references to the cards being printed at the factories. We know the ALC did the printing, so~ were these references just based on "mis-information"? Maybe so, but again- what were they printing at the factories? This is why I wonder about the possibility that some of the backs could have been printed at the factories. And, for anyone brand new to this-please keep in mind that I AM NOT saying this AS FACT~ just to be clear- I am just trying to understand what the printing equiptment at the factories was being used for (in a nutshell).

Thanks for the response, I appreciate it.

Sincerely, Clayton