REA reveals a 24 year mystery....the PIEDMONT Plank

[mkdltn]

The stones that may have been used are still available today. The link below has some info on stone sizes. This list is from records of the quarry where the stones originated from.

http://www.polymetaal.nl/siteUK/shopukwork/enter.html

Lets take the smallest stone on that list, 12X16, this jives with a proof book that I have that has this very stone size written by the printer or prover on some of the proof pages. You could fit two sets of twelve quite nicely on each. twelve cards come to nearly 6X9 in size--the most common size of an inner cigar label. The Wagner proof strip with 5 cards might suggest 10 cards per set and 20 per working stone.

These would then be transferred in multiples to larger stones or metal plates.

[mkdltn]

The link in my last post just takes you to the home page, look under litho equipment and find the litho stones price history link.

[Jantz]

Toppcat - I have four scans of miscut T206s with two different names on the top/bottom. Of the four, only on one was I able to acquire the back info.

It was a Piedmont 350 ( can't tell by the scan what the factory number is though ).

Hope this helps,

Jantz

[tedzan]

DAVE

In response to your...."The vertical strips of identical players noted from misprints seems fairly prevalent.
But for the misprints featuring different names/players, is there a tally of which series they are from?"

I do not have any of the dis-similar cards you asked about; however, I know of quite a few of them, and
they all are from the 350 series. Not surprising, since there are approx. 2700 permutations in this series.

Here are some of the vertically similar t206's that I have. As is evident here, these "dual-name" cards can
be found across all the T206 series.



v..........................150 Series cards........................v...............460 Series....



.............^........................350 Series cards........................^


TED Z

[jimonym]

Ted, nice Cicotte.

Here's an Abbaticchio with Cicotte's name at the top. I believe it has a Piedmont 350 back. I'll double-check it tonight.

Edited to add I checked and it is indeed a Piedmont 350.
Perhaps Brian W. has non-350 series example. Brian?

[toppcat]

Nice scans guys-Ted 350 only on your non-matched misprints, eh? I agree that is not too surprising given the volume of cards in that series. I would think though, they could theoretically be found in any of the series runs.

[tedzan]

I will be very interested in your report regarding the back of your Abbaticchio/Cicotte.

I'll bet you (a Mr. Lincoln) it is either a Piedmont 350, Sweet Cap 350, Sovereign 350,
EPDG, or with rare possibility, an Old Mill.


TED Z