T206 Piedmont Back "Curved Gap"

[barrysloate]

A hair or a sliver of paper.

[frankbmd]

Anatomically the curved gap means different things to different people.

[HoggZilla]

I found a "fuzzy" picture with a similar ink-gap in a very close proximity. Here is the link and what I see.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-fW8Exw-_ud...0/scan0019.jpg

On the left of the picture I transposed the position of this "mark" compared to yours. Close but not exact. I will keep looking.

If you have a more detailed scan of your card I would be happy to investigate more.

[tedzan]

I would venture to say that this "curved gap" printing phenomena is unique to the Killian (portrait) card.

I went thru my T206 Piedmont set (519 different cards). Plus, an additional assortment of 112 Piedmont
cards (from the three Series) and no such printer's gap is evident on any of these cards.

Incidently, my Killian does not have it.



TED Z
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[sreader3]

Originally Posted by tedzan

I would venture to say that this "curved gap" printing phenomena is unique to the Killian (portrait) card.

I went thru my T206 Piedmont set (519 different cards). Plus, an additional assortment of 112 Piedmont
cards (from the three Series) and no such printer's gap is evident on any of these cards.

Incidently, my Killian does not have it.


TED Z
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Hi Ted,
Thanks for taking the time to peruse your cards for the gap. It may well be a Killian-only phenomenon. On the other hand, I can imagine the gap being found on the backs of other subjects that occupied the same column and row as Killian on other T206 sheets.
Scot

[Pat R]

Scott, I haven't found a match to the Killian but I did find a Brain and Ganzel
that look like they were in the same position on different sheets. They both
have the same mark that looks like a funky tilde plus are missing ink in the
same places. So there is a chance that there is another player with the same
mark as your Killian.

[egbeachley]

Originally Posted by tedzan

I would venture to say that this "curved gap" printing phenomena is unique to the Killian (portrait) card.

TED Z
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If it was a hair it may have been longer than you see. Maybe it went over to the "t" in Piedmont on the next card.

[Pat R]

Scot, here's a group of Killians with the same mark, I would guess that it
was likely a flaw on the plate.

Patrick

[HoggZilla]

Originally Posted by Pat R

Scot, here's a group of Killians with the same mark, I would guess that it
was likely a flaw on the plate.

Patrick

Nice Work!!!

[mrvster]

usually carries a lot of weight....


these "little" clues even help decipher / or raise the printing questions....I love this set...


great work guys

[sreader3]

Wow, Pat!

You are the winner. PM your address and I'll send you the $5 and mystery card!

See my post on page 1 for contest details.

And thanks to all who chimed in (even you Frank)

[jcmtiger]

Here is another Killian Portrait. But, I think the P or whatever it is may have been added later.

Joe