T205 Gray gold boarder mystery

[brianp-beme]

My Gray has a big bottom border as well, but alas it is solid gold. The Gray is one of the handful of cards in the T205 set (Oldring and Thomas are a couple of other examples) that have the white nameplate on the bottom, which perhaps gives it more gold border for something to show up there.

You have an interesting card...may you find another to confirm a pattern.

Brian

[gonzo]

I checked my T205 Grays and I did not find that pattern on any of them, in sunlight or under a loupe.

It's curious that the lines going "up" the card from the flower don't seem to show up on the white nameplate. I'm not sure how that could happen if the lines are printed over or under that area. Definitely an interesting card.

[Tom S.]

The lines and flower image on your card look like the bottom of a Sweet Caporal T206 card to me.

There was probably a SC T206 card stored on top of your card for quite a while, and during that time the red ink on the back of the T206 affected the gold gilding on the T205.

My thoughts anyway. Cool card none the less!

[gonzo]

Originally Posted by Tom S.

The lines and flower image on your card look like the bottom of a Sweet Caporal T206 card to me.

There was probably a SC T206 card stored on top of your card for quite a while, and during that time the red ink on the back of the T206 affected the gold gilding on the T205.

My thoughts anyway. Cool card none the less!

That’s a good theory.

If so, then those shapes between Gray’s portrait and his name could be from a T206 Sweet Cap overprint graphic. From the photo, they look similar with the swirls and wedges in that pattern.

[nebboy]

Originally Posted by Tom S.

The lines and flower image on your card look like the bottom of a Sweet Caporal T206 card to me.

There was probably a SC T206 card stored on top of your card for quite a while, and during that time the red ink on the back of the T206 affected the gold gilding on the T205.

My thoughts anyway. Cool card none the less!

Great fit I think you nailed it.

Wow nice detective work, I didn't go there. Was hoping that it was some link to full 400 design mystery of the T205 set design.

Still interesting that the red ink would interact that way.

Good jobs.