Odd Rhoades T206

[steve B]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Thanks for the reply Steve. I have a magnifying glass that has what I believe is a 40x smaller lighted section that I use on every T206 when I get them.
Under the light most T206's show different degrees and areas of a glossy layer and I could be wrong about this but I believe it's some kind of "clear coat" that was applied after printing and not a coated paper stock that was used prior to the printing.

One of the reasons I think it is on the top layer and not "glossy" paper stock is the way it seems to wear off.

Here are three T206's I just purchased the Leifield has the heaviest gloss on upper right edge, the Huggins in the middle right edge and the Raymond doesn't really show any gloss anywhere.

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This Beckley I have has a lot of gloss on it.

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Now that's interesting.
I haven't looked at all of mine, but have noticed differing glossiness between some of them. Maybe it's time to have a closer look. I know some that I have looked at are on coated stock, not so much to make it glossy, but I think more to make the colors stand out. On those, the fronts uner the magnifier don't really show any fibers, but the backs show them just like all the others.

Sounds like a task for next week, I'm getting stuff ready for my stamp clubs show on Saturday. Filling prize draw envelopes with stamps (20 for 25 cents, makes it not a lottery or raffle.) doing 400 plus getting 40 prizes ready and numbered takes a while.

On the plus side, giving the bunch of T206s a much closer look is long overdue.