Interesting T206 Heinie Wagner with missing team name

[Luke]

To me it looks like it was just erased off or buffed off or something. If you look at the larger scan, the area right below the border looks a bit brighter than the paper below, leading me to believe that some alteration was made to the area below.

[iwantitiwinit]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

To me it looks like it was just erased off or buffed off or something. If you look at the larger scan, the area right below the border looks a bit brighter than the paper below, leading me to believe that some alteration was made to the area below.

I agree, also note how the "R" is also lighter as it appears to have been impacted somewhat by the erasure. Since the ink is the same color in the last name as the team name I doubt it could simply be left off, the plate with the lettering would have to be damaged in the exact right spot and to the exact right degree. In my mind it's very doubtful that it's a printing error.

[bnorth]

Originally Posted by LukeLyon

To me it looks like it was just erased off or buffed off or something. If you look at the larger scan, the area right below the border looks a bit brighter than the paper below, leading me to believe that some alteration was made to the area below.

^this is the correct answer^