T205 Doc White No Quotes not correct

[steve B]

I believe the T205s were lithographed from plates laid out with at least partially typeset transfers. And the plates were all one back.

It's possible the transfers were two parts, brand specific frames and player specific text.

In any event, I think that on some plates or perhaps just portions of the plate the transfers didn't transfer completely for some reason.

Steve B

[Tcards-Please]

Here is a picture of mine although it is difficult to see the quote marks, they are definitely present ONLY on the right side of DOC which is what Andrew has pointed out. The left side is perfectly clear and doesn't show any markings of a quote strike.

Mark, we know that there were different print runs with each specific tobacco brand, which explains why the Hoblitzell "no stats" only appears on Hassan backs and why the Mathewson Cycle only has 1 loss as opposed to 11 which are on all other advertised tobacco backs. It is entirely possible that the Polar Bear run had the typeset in place and the partial strikes occurred either at the beginning of the print run or the end.

Just my two cents and an educated guess on this theory.

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Frank

[T205Guy]

I just picked up my first one and I also have a faint quote mark on the right side. Also, has anyone else noticed that the letter "T" in "White" is shortened at the bottom??

Originally Posted by T205Guy

I just picked up my first one and I also have a faint quote mark on the right side. Also, has anyone else noticed that the letter "T" in "White" is shortened at the bottom??

I have seen it but in comparison I have seen it on other white backs as well so no significance to me