T206 Wet Sheet Transfer vs. Impression Cylinder Transfer

[steve B]

Interesting card.
Impression cylinder stuff is usually the entire image.
It would be a little surprising if the only brown on Murray was the name and team, but that looks like it.

A wet sheet transfer in the factory can be nearly as clear and solid as a cylinder transfer under the right conditions. Like the new kid leaning on a stack of finished sheets.... usually only a few get wrecked. But if the plate has already been removed.....

I wouldn't possibly know how much trouble the new kid might be in...

[Pat R]

Nice pick up Trey that's a neat card.

Here's a McLean I have with a partial caption transfer on the back

McLean Back.jpg
McLean.jpg

and a Schlei that could be a factory wet sheet transfer

Schlei WST 1200dpi.jpg

[atx840]

Nice pickup, I bet if it was any other back you would see the rest of the brown ink layer.

Cheap way to get a back ghost.

[oldeboo]

Thanks for the input Steve. What you've mentioned is interesting to think about. Processes weren't as automated as today and human error would explain some of the hard to explain obscurities we see.

That Bescher is a beauty, that Schlei is nice and sharp too. Cool to see a Polar Bear with a quirky touch to the back as well.

Always good to bump these old threads to see what has popped up!

[Luke]

Great card Trey! When you get it in-hand, you'll have to take some really high res scans and see if there are other spots of brown ink that are on the back as well (there most likely are). Tough to see on a PB back, but with the right scanner maybe you can spot it.

[Casey2296]

Can someone help me understand the process of how a ghost image comes about. For example this E94 Speaker, it looks like a bleed through to me but i don't know much about the printing process so I'm looking for a little Net54 member education.
Thank you in advance.