1949 Leaf Variation?

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Posted By: Red

Ted. Then lets use Joe Gordon as an example. You say the normal Gordon is the one that has more blue added to hide the emblem and the one with the emblem showing isn't a variation because I guess you're just calling it a freak in printing? I'm saying that there are too many of these two cards consistently printed the same way for it to be considered just a freak in printing. A bunch were made with the extra blue, and others were made without it. Ebay is a light on examples now so the only one on now is this one.
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=220146568748

The exact same thing applies to cards like Peterson and Edwards.
Just because you haven't seen, realize you've seen, or come across a card like the second Edwards yet doesn't mean it shouldn't be in the same category as the Joe Gordon, Peterson, Ruth with the red lines, etc. There was definitely more than one printing of these cards in quantity, and differences exist between the multiple printings. Not just in lightness or darkness of ink, but if the color was ever supposed to be there at all. Subtle differences in color are different than colors that were never possibly there because of the way they were printed.

When you look at a lot of cards you do find that some of the variations are more common than others. So far the harder second type are cards like Peterson with red cap, Ruth with red lines, your Gordon, and the Edwards.