T206 Blue Old Mill

[ullmandds]

Based on all of the respected members on here who saw this card in person...and say it's real...I believe them!

Most fake t206's are very obviously fake...in fact...other than photocopied fakes...I don't think I've ever seen a fake that was good enough to pass by so many experienced collectors.

I don't think this "find" will change the backs collecting dynamic very much as only 1 example is known...so only 1 wealthy collector will own it someday.

Those things being said...it's still odd to me that such a discovery this late in the game has just occurred...and if someone told me 2 months ago that a new t206 back color would be exposed at the national...I wouldn't have believed it.

[steve B]

Originally Posted by ullmandds

Based on all of the respected members on here who saw this card in person...and say it's real...I believe them!

Most fake t206's are very obviously fake...in fact...other than photocopied fakes...I don't think I've ever seen a fake that was good enough to pass by so many experienced collectors.

I don't think this "find" will change the backs collecting dynamic very much as only 1 example is known...so only 1 wealthy collector will own it someday.

Those things being said...it's still odd to me that such a discovery this late in the game has just occurred...and if someone told me 2 months ago that a new t206 back color would be exposed at the national...I wouldn't have believed it.

I'm not surprised. I also collect stamps and specialize in stamps made for the various cabinet level departments from 1873-1878. One of these was made in huge quantities, from 6 different plates. Two plates were used on an experimental press and are actually quite uncommon. To the point that no stamp that could be proven to be from plate 40 was known. That's 139 years in a hobby that thrives on tiny details. two weeks ago I found a stamp with a clear bit of the plate number showing. Plate 40

So I'm really not surprised that in a hobby that typically rejects any difference that isn't horribly obvious and only a handful of sets have been explored in much detail until recently.( Burdick had some lists, like the existing backs. And decent lists were around in the 70's - So only around 40 years of somewhat basic study and maybe 20 of advanced study. ) There are new discoveries.

Steve B