More T206 Sheet Madness

[steve B]

It's entirely possible that there were three players stacked as you've shown.

And I've been convinced that the sheets sometimes varied by brand for some time now. Glad to see someone else reach the same conclusion.

But I also think the layouts were more complicated than just blocks of a player stacked, even if it's only two. If that were the case, there should be one card showing different names top and bottom for every 3-6 showing the same name top and bottom. And the one with different names just aren't that common.

I don't have anything I'd call proof yet, but currently I believe the sheet size and makeup varied by brand. And the sheets included both specific sheets and common sheets. so for instance, some sheets were shared between Piedmont and SC, and maybe other brands, while there were other sheets specific to only one brand like Hindu. (Or more likely the sheets were specific to each brand, but many of the smaller brand sheets were also used for Piedmont and SC. )

There's some info that gets close to proof of that in the 150's. But I don't have it in enough detail yet.

Steve B

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

I always enjoy reading board member research. Thanks for sharing!

[ZachS]

Originally Posted by I Only Smoke 4 the Cards

I always enjoy reading board member research. Thanks for sharing!

Every time I read these threads this is how I feel:

[t206hound]

I've been looking at various uncut sheets from various products over time, and cannot find an instance where a player appears more than three times on a sheet. This makes sense to me... why keep making stones/plates when I can just print more sheets.

We've never seen same player/pose horizontally. We know based on (double name) miscuts that there are MANY instances of players stacked vertically. There are (apparently) fewer instances of two name miscuts that show different players stacked vertically. There are definitely more instances of double name miscuts than two name miscuts.

I want to believe that in most cases there were no more than two instances of a card on a sheet, but the ratio of double name to two name cards seem to indicate that most cards probably occurred three times. I cannot imagine a fourth instance of a card on a sheet.

What's the opinion/consensus here?

[steve B]

At least for P150 the number is closer to 8 of the same card on a sheet. Possibly without stacking. I've only looked closely at one card, and sort of looked at a couple others as a sort of test before I get into a huge project.

Steve B

[atx840]

Erick, both are BB's so not sure which back they would have had...doubt from same sheet but Oakes has Hoblitzell red ink shift.

[I Only Smoke 4 the Cards]

Originally Posted by atx840

Erick, both are BB's so not sure which back they would have had...doubt from same sheet but Oakes has Hoblitzell red ink shift.

What a find!