T206 production/printing questions/comments

[teetwoohsix]

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Originally Posted by teetwoohsix

Clayton, perhaps they were in a hurry and didn't want to wait any longer than possible for the backs to dry.

Also, WST's are most common with Sweet Cap and Tolstoi, and I believe Polar Bear, but there are other brands where you never see WST's. Does it have something to do with the quality of the ink? Or could it be, as you theorized, that the backs were printed at a different place for some cards?

A good exercise would be to gather data on which backs (including factory,series,OP's) are most likely to have WST's. It might give us more clues about how/where they were printed.

Well, my theory about the WST's has many holes, and shouldn't be taken as anything but a theory with nothing to back it. It may make sense to me, but be completely off the mark. What may seem logical to me in our era may not have made sense in 1910,,,,,but I figure tossing out theories may get people's minds going and somehow it will help nail down some things.

It may be as simple as your first statement, they may have been in a rush and not so focused on a light transfer on the front.

Plus, there are cards that have a WST from a different brand on the front than is on the back-even from different factories. This is why I say-* don't take any of this as fact* because, it's not.

My main focus is to nail down what was being printed at the tobacco factories. I have a strong feeling that some of the packaging was being printed at the factories, and if I can find proof of that than it wouldn't seem too far fetched to find proff that the possibility that SOME of the backs COULD have been printed at the factories. The link in my last post was the closest I have found so far. And it's all just speculation for now. I'm spending a lot of time researching on the web,trying to find pertinant information.

Sincerely, Clayton