1948/49 Leaf Paper Stock

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

I don't really have any scans; I disliked the gray stock cards and basically never bothered to collect them.

One weird thing I've noticed is that the missing ink and major printing error cards I've come across are nearly all white stock but the blank backs have been predominantly gray stock. No idea if this holds outside my experience.

Adam

I, too, have not seen a WHITE cardboard LEAF Boxing card with a Blank-back. I have had several 100's of these LEAF cards in order to complete two sets (WHITE and GRAY).

However, I have (or have seen) several GRAY cardboard Blank-back cards.

My guess regarding this peculiarity is....due to rushed production of these cards during their final press run(s) in early Spring 1949 (GRAY cardboard production), the printing
of their backs was omitted. Stay tuned for an example which I will post when I scan the cards.


TED Z

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[tedzan]

Here is an example of the three back versions of these LEAF boxing cards.

If any one on this forum has a WHITE Blank-back, please show us it........Thanks.







TED Z

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[Exhibitman]

Ted, that would generally jibe with my experience. The blatant print flubs predominantly are from the white stock run. I do have (I am looking at it but cannot seem to find a scan of) a gray back Zivic with missing background color, but that is the only missing ink card i can recall in gray, though clearly there is at least one sheet of them that made it out of the factory.

One more idiosyncratic observation: I recall a higher number of ghost prints with gray back cards. I suspect the paper was 'thirstier' than the white stock and more easily fouled.

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Exhibitman

Ted, that would generally jibe with my experience. The blatant print flubs predominantly are from the white stock run. I do have (I am looking at it but cannot seem to find a scan of) a gray back Zivic with missing background color, but that is the only missing ink card i can recall in gray, though clearly there is at least one sheet of them that made it out of the factory.

One more idiosyncratic observation: I recall a higher number of ghost prints with gray back cards. I suspect the paper was 'thirstier' than the white stock and more easily fouled.

Adam

Regarding the 1948 LEAF Boxing & Football cards that were printed on GRAY cardboard in 1949 (and issued in 1949), my guess is that the LEAF printers got quite "sloppy" (or rushed)
near the tail-end of these print runs in early 1949 resulting in some of the anomalies we have seen. I say this because LEAF was gearing up for their 1st Series of Baseball cards which
LEAF issued in the Spring of 1949.


Football example......I have, or had, (I cannot find it) a beautiful LEAF Jackie Jensen rookie card (GRAY back) with a WHITE background (just like this Platt BB card).



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A Johnny Hopp just like your Warren Spahn (perhaps they were on the same sheet)





And, do printing flaws get any wilder-looking than this 1949 LEAF Billy Johnson ?


TED Z

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