1949 BOWMAN cards with SLATE backgrounds

[MCoxon]

Have always wanted the 1949 Doby in slate gray

Originally Posted by tedzan

Several of you have contacted me regarding these color printing errors in this set. So, I decided to post this thread as a starting base
of info for this printing phenomena.

Theoretically, all 252 cards in this set can be found with what I refer to as a SLATE background. Typically, though, any cards in the set
that were printed with the GREEN, light BLUE, ORANGE, and YELLOW pastel colors are candidates to be found with a SLATE background.
Here is an uncut complete sheet of the 3rd Series (cards #4, 74 - 108). The 17 cards on this sheet which have SLATE backgrounds are
the more plentiful Lo #s cards with this color printing error.

[shammus]

Awesome post...thanks for sharing this info Ted!

Here's my first 49 Slate....I really like the uneven/handcut borders on this one!

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[LeftHandedDane]

Oh man, just when I was getting close to completing the set with the known variations (name on front/no-name on front, script vs. print), now you have to tell me about a whole new set of them! Argh!

[tedzan]

Ed

No sweat, the 12 variations in this set you are referring to were part of the regular printing. Illustrated here is my simulated 7th sheet,
in which Bowman included these 12 cards to fill out their last 36-card sheet.





So, collecting the SLATE cards are just a whimsical challenge to continue the hunt for 1949 BOWMAN's.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[paul]

Why do so many of the slate cards appear to be handcut?

[Stonepony]

I think a great many of them were handcut from sheets. However, Ted has testified before that he remembers as a kid pulling slate variations straight from the pack.

[Stonepony]

Photo may be tiny... but here’s a sheet of mine with slate background which also has the “ pink” background and colors ( rather than stark red). If Ted agrees.
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[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Stonepony

I think a great many of them were handcut from sheets. However, Ted has testified before that he remembers as a kid pulling slate variations straight from the pack.

Some of us old dudes who collected these BOWMAN cards recall opening waxpacks and getting various color errors. I vividly recall (as if it were just yesterday) opening a pack
in the Summer of 1949 and finding a Phil Rizzuto with a "golden" yellow background color (instead of the normal orange color). I was very excited about this, since Phil Rizzuto
lived only 2 blocks away from our home. And, was a really friendly guy.


Here is an example of a Factory cut SLATE card....Muncrief





TED Z

T206 Reference
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