Is this T206 Sweet Caporal Magee w/bat missing the scroll overstrike..possible scrap?

[Runscott]

I'm going to be a voice of dissension here. I agree with Ted and the OP - this card should not exist. Since it does, I'll guess that it was NOT factory-cut, and that it was never intended to leave the factory. We see a lot of beaters like this that we assume are factory-cut because they look just like a factory-cut beater would look. But they also look like a decently-trimmed beater would look.

[atx840]

This is likely the case Scott.

The scraps knowns as the "yellow browns" are a group of 34 cards (including Magee) that we see grouped together across many 460 brands. I believe the finished sheets of these 34 cards were printed as F30 but never cut and packed up, they were sent over to the OP print press first.

One/two of those sheets was thrown out before all the front ink layers were applied and the back F42 OP, giving us the yellow brown scraps.

It's also likely one/two finished sheets also never hit the OP press and we get natural F30s that weren't intended to be packed up.

Here is a yellow brown Magee with a F30 back.

[hshrimps]

No wonder there are so many people out there buying t206 beaters. Treasure hunt continue....

[brianp-beme]

Thanks Chris for posting the SC460 factory 30 yellow/brown scrap of Magee. I am glad I brought my Magee card to the attention of the board...you guys certainly are able to come at (what was to me) this mystery card with angles I never considered and brought up some intriguing possibilities/probabilities concerning its production.

Keep up the good work and commentary...it has been a lot of fun to ponder.

Brian

Originally Posted by atx840

This is likely the case Scott.

The scraps knowns as the "yellow browns" are a group of 34 cards (including Magee) that we see grouped together across many 460 brands. I believe the finished sheets of these 34 cards were printed as F30 but never cut and packed up, they were sent over to the OP print press first.

One/two of those sheets was thrown out before all the front ink layers were applied and the back F42 OP, giving us the yellow brown scraps.

It's also likely one/two finished sheets also never hit the OP press and we get natural F30s that weren't intended to be packed up.

Here is a yellow brown Magee with a F30 back.