T206 EPDG- - - how rare in your collection?

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

OK guys, remember that song....who sang it, and what was the year ?

BARRY A.

At the risk of repeating myself....unless you have your T206 cards (or set) divided
up by Series, it is difficult to appreciate the difference in the Blue coloring between
the cards printed in the 150 Series vs the 350 or 460 Series.

The difference in the Ritchey cards on display in this Thread made me to take a better
look at my set, and I noticed the Light or Pale Blue coloring among the 153 cards in
the 150 Series. Then, I started noting a stark contrast in the Blue coloring in the
subsequent two series. The Waddell (portrait) is the only card that has a deep Blue
color in the 150 Series. I cannot explain why, perhaps it is an anamoly.

American Litho. must have changed printers or acquired a richer quality of Blue ink
when they started printing the 350 Series (and 460) cards. Some notable examples
of cards with a deep Blue color are Chase, Chase (dk cap), Chase (trophy), Clymer,
Groom, Knabe, Livingstone, Matty (dk cap), Nattress, Speaker, Thielmann, etc.

And, my point of all this, is that the sky affect we are seeing in the Ritchey card is
just the result of a difference in the printing process with respect to the application
of the Blue ink in the "350" cards. And, not a re-designed sky with clouds. And, until
we see a Ritchey with a 150 back with the "clouds in the sky", I think this "Bluer ink"
explanation is valid.