T-206 Blue Old Mill Back to be in Next REA auction

[Pat R]

Originally Posted by tedzan

I have seen this Elberfeld (portrait-Washington), and like the t206kid (Hi Jay), I compared it with my OLD MILL Elberfeld card....and I agree it is BLUE.

Hi Jason (jggames), your observation is correct. The Elberfeld (portrait-Washington) card was printed in the 350-only Series. The fronts of this series
of T206 subjects were printed in a subsequent press run to the 150/350 series subjects.

The other two Blue OLD MILL cards, Walsh and Powell, are 150/350 Series subjects.


TED Z

T206 Reference
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I disagree with this and this Elberfeld Blue Old Mill is added proof.

Yes Elberfeld Wasington (portrait) along with Dahlen (Brooklyn) and
George Brown Washington were only printed with 350 series backs and no 150 backs but that's only because of their team changes right around the time the
150/350 subjects switched over to the 350 backs being printed on them.

Elbefeld was still with Washington in 1910 and 1911 and Dahlen was still
with Brooklyn in 1910 and 1911 so if they were printed with the 350 only
subjects there would be no reason for ALC not to print them with AB, Cycle,
Broad Leaf, Carolina Brights, Drum, Polar Bear, or Tolstoi.

They were printed with the same 350 backs as the rest of the 150/350 series
because they were on the same sheets with 150/350 subjects.

The t206's with the factory numbers on the bottom also reinforces this
Ames.jpgOverall (1) - Copy.jpg

There are 26 different confirmed t206's with these factory numbers and
all of them are 150/350 subjects and one of those is Dahlen Brooklyn.
Dahlen Fact #30.jpg

This is the list of confirmed t206's with the factory 30 on the bottom

Ames (portrait)
Beaumont
Clarke, Fred (portrait)
Clarke JJ
Cobb (bat on)
Dahlen Brooklyn
Dooin
Durham
Gilbert
Griffith (portrait)
Hemphill
Johnson (portrait)
Jones, Fielder (portrait)
Keeler (with bat)
Killian (pitching)
Mathewson (portrait)
McGraw (portrait no cap)
Merkle (portrait)
Overall (portrait)
Seymour (batting)
Shipke
Spade
Steinfeldt (portrait)
Stovall
Tannehill (L on front)
Wagner (bat on left shoulder