The T209 IIs that don't exist

[sgbernard]

Hey Mike, I was hoping you'd chime in. I knew you were working on the article--didn't know even that Part I was out yet. I literally just ordered my copy!

I had known about the three additions in Joe's collection, bringing the supposed total up to 226. The number always struck me as wrong--the delightful B.E. Thompson with it's unique back was obviously printed on its own. That means the total should be some even number +1 (Thompson).

I say even number because the T209 I's, obviously, are 16 in total, and those postcard-proofs are 4 cards wide: both these things suggest to me that the cards were printed in even-numbered sheets, either multiples of 4, or perhaps 16?

Therefore, I'd be surprised if only two of the four cards I named in the first post are not real, because we're once again stuck with an odd number (223 + 1), but maybe I'm making too much of this and the cards were printed in odd-numbered sheets.

Anyway, bottom line to all of this--can't wait to see the next installment of yours and Tim Newcomb's piece!