T206 Joe Doyle Variation

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by LuckyLarry

I've been collectiong T206 cards for two or three years. I'm trying for the full set in ANY condition, and currently have about 68% of the set with 355 different cards. I also claim to know less about this set than ANY collector here on Net54 lol! So this morning I'm reading about the one in a million Joe Doyle variation, and I grab my binder to take a look.
Sure…...In the late '80s someone scratched off the lower border to make it APPEAR that this might be a one in a ba-zillion variation card. But I SWEAR I see what looks like the remnants of a letter right where NAT'L should be!

Larry

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Printer's mark.............................................. ..................................../\

This version of the Joe Doyle card exhibits a mark where the start of the " N " in the " Nat'L " was in the original caption. When American Litho. realized their mistake
they hastily erased " Nat'L " from the printing plate and left this mark. Less than 10 % of the Joe Doyle cards have this mark.

Anyhow, I aligned my scan with yours to see if any hint of lettering coincides. But, it's difficult to discern.

More importantly, what back is on this Joe Doyle card of your's ?



TED Z
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