T206 Polar Bear back observation

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Posted By: Jon Canfield

With respect to the Polar Bear backs, I had always wondered if the plate used to do the print-runs was made incorrectly (on mistake) in that the text was intended to be the portion printed as opposed to the background being printed and the text showing through as unprinted. In other words, when the back-plate was made, it was inversed so when ink is applied, it prints the dark blue and the text shows through when actually it was inteded to apply the blue ink to the words.

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This was my thread from the old forum. Just thought I'd bump it for further discussion.

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Don-

I have a few T206's with Polar Bear backs,and on a couple of them you can really see the stains from the tobacco.I do also have a couple that have practically have no staining.

Do people who collect Polar Bear sets generally seek out the cards with no staining,or is the staining accepted with these cards being that they come from scrap pouch tobacco?I would think most people who collect Polar Bear would most likely accept the staining?

Regards,Clayton