Interesting NO-PRINT group of T206 Carolina Brights - EPDG - Old Mill - Polar Bear

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Pat R

It can get confusing trying to figure out a pattern with the no print groups
because they did switch subjects around during the printing.
For example there are several two name cards that only have one
of the 42 subjects you have listed.

Here are a couple of them

Ganzel/Downs
Attachment 341765

McGinley/Speaker
Attachment 341766

Pat

I completely understand that ALC switched subjects around on their printing plates in their subsequent press runs.

Anyhow, when you are presented with an example such as this one where 4 of the very popular Assorted Subjects
backs appear as an omitted group, I think that tells us something.

In my engineering mentality, it suggests that all 42 of these subjects were grouped together in the same print run.

There are 5 two-name cards that confirm my 1910 COUPON sheet format, 3 of which confirm this 42-card format....

Killian/Dubuc


Matty McIntyre/Hoffman (St Louis)


Rossman/McBride


Rossman/Thomas


Starr/Schmidt (portrait)


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[Pat R]

Ted, I'm not disagreeing with you with you I'm just saying it's hard to find a conclusive sheet pattern because
there were so many subjects switched around. One of the things I pointed out about
the coupons is the lack of minor league subjects there are several two name cards of
a major league subject with a minor league subject so the coupon sheets must have been completely reassembled.

[tedzan]

Pat

Again, I agree with what you are saying regarding the switching of subjects from press run to subsequent press runs.

Regarding the lack of Minor League subjects in the 48-subject Major League (ML) composition of the 1910 COUPON set,
my thinking is that ALC introduced the 86 - Minor Leaguers later in the process of printing the 350-only series cards. I
have always contended that the 48 ML in the 1910 COUPON set were from a very early (if not the very first) print run
of the 350-only subjects in 1910 (or perhaps as early as the Winter of 1909).

Then ALC started filling in their sheets with Minor League subjects mixed in with ML subjects later in the 350-only game.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[mrvster]

is incredible stuff....we are always either learning something new about the set, or disproving something....truly enigmatic!

Ted....very interesting theory....I want to see how this plays out....

Pat....you are a super sleuth

the both of you debating are some of my favorites to watch.....you both are genius and are keep the theories coming


you two are some of the best researchers we currently have on the set!!(amongst some other all stars)