Talking & showing T205's...Completed the set ? then try for T205 "Quad Squad" subsets

[tedzan]

Another group of T205's that fascinate me are the Minor Leaguers. I prefer the artwork on these 12 cards over the designs of the
other 196 subjects in this set.
Also, it is interesting that American Lithographic (ALC) printed a group of 12 subjects in the last Series (460-only) of the T206 set
which I refer to as the "Exclusive 12". Very similarly, ALC printed this group of 12 subjects representing Minor Leaguers at the tail
end of their T205 print run. How do we know these cards were printed late in the T205 game, just read their bios. Their bios have
information which indicates ALC printed these 12 guys circa Fall/Winter 1911. They are the T205 version of the "Exclusive 12".















Hey guys......Let's keep this T205 "ballgame" rolling, show some more T205 cards.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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[gonzo]

It's possible that the 14 "Cycle-Hassan 30-Piedmont 25" short-prints (Joss, Grant, Karger, etc.) were replaced by these 12 MLs.

I posted a thread a couple of months ago showing a case in which a T205 Minor Leaguer was printed on the same sheet as a National Leaguer. Maybe they padded the sheet out with a couple of other players to make up the difference.

https://www.net54baseball.com/showthread.php?t=281581

[tedzan]

Gonzo

Very neat, thanx for posting your Mattern card which shows an adjacent Newark player.

Here's a miscut John Titus card showing us that Tony Smith was adjacent on the printed sheet.




TED Z

T206 Reference
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