T206- Rebel Oakes (Ofkes) Error

[Leon]

T206s seems to have an inordinate amount of print flaws.

Originally Posted by Pat R

I've seen a few of these and they're all similar so I think it was probably something
on the printing plate that blocked part of the E and not fading.

The T206 set it loaded with print flaws but they seem to pick
and choose which ones get cataloged and that's why when they do
you see crazy prices like the recently cataloged Pfeffer Chicaco
and Marquard arm pit 8 "variations".

Anyone that has the Oakfs "variation" might want to go after the period before the T Polar Bear "variation" to go with it.

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[barrysloate]

Originally Posted by Leon

T206s seems to have an inordinate amount of print flaws.

Probably the result of printing so many of them. When your print run is in the gazillions (that's just an estimate), you're bound to have various inking problems along the way.

[steve B]

I believe all of these caption errors are from the transfer used to lay out then stone not transferring completely.

They would be identifiable positions from the sheet, which is how I separate variations and errors. I prefer the term variety, as so far it indicates something that happened regularly because of the plate having a difference, but isn't major enough to be recognized as a variation. Errors to me are things that happened haphazardly.


They're interesting, and I might collect a few if I had the money. But 1000+ just seems unreasonable.

I'm also of the opinion that every position on the plate will be slightly different, and trying to collect them all would be mostly insane.

[ronniehatesjazz]

Very interesting. Thanks for the feedback fellas!

[Leon]

Originally Posted by barrysloate

Probably the result of printing so many of them. When your print run is in the gazillions (that's just an estimate), you're bound to have various inking problems along the way.

I think gazillions is probably millions and that's a lot. There are print errors in most other sets they just aren't discussed as much.