T205 Print? Oddity

[Ronnie73]

Is there a chance that another T205 was under that card for many years and trasfered the gold border? The gold ink has been known to oxidize and maybe it soaked into the card back you have. It could of been just the right amount of time, temp, and moisture that might have caused it over time to transfer into the paper. I'm not talking about your card front border transfering to the back but another cards border.

[Ease]

Cool card Ed. Thanx for posting. I'm inclined to go with Ron's theory.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Ease

Cool card Ed. Thanx for posting. I'm inclined to go with Ron's theory.

Neat card. I dunno about this theory though. It seems if a card was sitting on this one, and the border somehow soaked/oxidized onto that back, the lines wouldn't be so straight? T205s had a lot of print issues, as we have seen from all of the threads about them, and I am going with some other reason..... just not sure what.

[Abravefan11]

Here's a gold border T42 that I have for comparison.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Abravefan11

Here's a gold border T42 that I have for comparison.

Cool card Tim. What is your thought on how that back, gold'ish line was created on your card? Woops, I see it was most likely a wet sheet transfer....duh . So, I guess that other guess is probably correct and it is a WST......very good.

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by Leon

Cool card Tim. What is your thought on how that back, gold'ish line was created on your card? Woops, I see it was most likely a wet sheet transfer....duh . So, I guess that other guess is probably correct and it is a WST......very good.

Actually I don't believe the image on the back of the T42 was created by stacking a sheet on another wet sheet. I think it happened on the press. It's just my opinion though.

[Leon]

Originally Posted by Abravefan11

Actually I don't believe the image on the back of the T42 was created by stacking a sheet on another wet sheet. I think it happened on the press. It's just my opinion though.

Wouldn't a press go the opposite way of that transfer though?

[Wite3]

I have peeled apart 2 gold borders and had a very similar mark left with nice straight borders like that. The two cards were never wet but were encased in a picture frame behind glass for 80 odd years. I think the original owner just had a stack and was framing them and got two together in one frame. Just a theory...

Joshua

[T205Guy]

Originally Posted by Ronnie73

Is there a chance that another T205 was under that card for many years and trasfered the gold border? The gold ink has been known to oxidize and maybe it soaked into the card back you have. It could of been just the right amount of time, temp, and moisture that might have caused it over time to transfer into the paper. I'm not talking about your card front border transfering to the back but another cards border.

Ron,

That's a very interesting and plausible idea. The fact that this is a "Polar Bear" back might lend credence to this theory. The "tobacco product" might have acted like glue between two cards. Although there is a good sized stain in the upper left corner the back is very smooth and there is currently no "sticky" product on the card. So I am still unsure as to the origin...

Ed

[Ease]

This thread deserves a bump before fading into T205 thread obscurity. Good info for the T206 guys here too.