T206 Backs set

[sreader3]

My understanding is that all Brown Old Mill Southerns are hand-cut. As they were probably never issued in packs, you may want to remove that one from your list.

Agree that the blank back should be removed.

The Sovereign 350 Apple Green is interesting; worthy of further study.

[cfc1909]

thanks for all the kind words about the set.

Craig & Scot & Ted- more research needs to be done on the Sovereign 350 cards. We need to know what fronts come on the apple green and if the same front can be found with both colors.
It is kanda interesting to see if 350-460 cards are the ones with this back. maybe just an ink problem, but it will be fun researching. Maybe not an ink problem.

[tedzan]

Great collection of T-backs in your gallery and thanks for including the 1910 Coupon and Red Cross backs.

Regarding the "apple green" Sovereign backs....I looked over my all-Sovereign complete set of 407 cards,
and this color variation appears to exist only on cards with Sovereign 350 backs. None of the 151 cards in
the 150 Series in my set are "apple green". Furthermore, none of the 52 cards in the 460 Series are "apple
green".

Of the 204 cards in the 350 Series in my set, only 8 are "apple green". The duplicates I have of these part-
icular 8 cards have the normal color green. This leads me to conclude that the "apple green" phenomena is
random within the 350 Series cards and it most likely can be explained that a lighter color of Green ink was
applied on certain press runs of the Sovereign 350 backs. In my opinion, these are not a legitimate variation,
but just a printing anomaly.

I'm not at home, therefore, I can't post any pictures. When we return, I'll scan some of the cards in my set.


TED Z

[caramelcard]

Guys,

Still can't figure out how to post the actual card on this board, but here's the link.

Check out this apple green combination I've had for a while:

http://photos.imageevent.com/caramel...bsize/cobb.jpg

http://photos.imageevent.com/caramel...e/cobbsovb.jpg

By the way, call me a pessimist, but I've seen a couple different shades of sovereign. There's some really bold, dark shades as well.

Rob

[tedzan]

You noted...."I have noticed that the ones I have are cards that appear in the 350/460 series"

I am sure you know that there is no "350/460 Series" in the Sovereign issue (except for the 6 super-print cards).
The Sovereign cards were simply printed in three series....150....350....460.

Having said that, I do recollect that many of my "apple green" cards are Subjects normally found in the Piedmont
or Sweet Caporal 350/460 series.

Therefore, you may be on to some thing in your observation. However, I will reiterate that I have also seen these
cards with normal Green backs. I will get back to you on this when I'm home and have a chance to closely look at
my set.


TED Z

[cfc1909]

Ted
I realize there is no 350/460 in Sovereign and that is why I mentioned the AB no frame cards. It appears this color Sovereign may appear on certain cards. If the same front is found with both color Sovereign 350, it may just be an ink problem. If not we may need to research what fronts are on these and see if there is a patern

[tedzan]

As I said in my last post, I think you are on to some thing in your "apple green" observation....regarding the 55 Subjects
found in the 350/460 series of the other T-brands.

For now, I am going by memory; however, I may have a lot more than 8 apple green cards in my Sovereign set. When I
am home later today, I will check-out my set and provide you with a more definitive accounting of my apple green cards.


TED Z

[Doug]

That's a great group of cards!

[tedzan]

"By golly Jim you've got it"....a very astute observation by you....congratulations.

I just looked over my all-Sovereign set; and, the 61 Subjects (including the 6 super-prints)
normally found in the 350/460 series have "apple green" backs. In addition, Nichols (batting)
also has an "apple green" back.....this card is thought to have been in this series,
Furthermore, this lighter green colored back is not found on other Sovereign cards in the 150,
350, or 460 series.

I will provide comparison scans of the 6 super-prints in my next post here.



Other series......[...........................sample of 350/460 Series cards.........................]


darker green.......[........................................apple green.....................................]




TED Z

[tedzan]

The SOVEREIGN issue was first to introduce an intermediate series between the 350 Series and the 460 Series.
This series is classified as the 350/460 Series. However, in the SOVEREIGN issue, only the 6 super-prints were
printed with 350 and the 460 series backs.
Shown here are 3 of the 6 super-prints. Observe the difference in the shade of green between their 350 backs
and the 460 backs.











The next post will cover the other 3 super-prints.



TED Z

[sreader3]

Not sure what this adds to the present discussion, but there is a similar phenomenon with the Piedmont 460 Factory 42 back. In the Piedmont 42 case, there is a darker blue variant and a lighter blue variant.

Edited to Add: Most interesting to me is that the "apple green" Nichols provides further support (i.e. beyond his existence with American Beauty 350 No Frame) for the view that he was intended to be a 350/460 RP subject, but never made it to print with 460 backs.

[sreader3]

Ted,

I will take a not-so-wild guess that your Kleinow (N.Y. Catching) and F. Smith (Chicago White Cap) Sovereign 350s also exhibit the "apple green" hue.

Scot

[tedzan]

The other 3 super-prints are shown here (Cobb and both Chase's).

The super-prints are both 350 series Subjects and 460 series Subjects. There is an observable difference
in the green ink used to print these super-print's 350 vs their 460 backs. However, it is not as significant
as the difference that are seen in the 150 Series backs and the first 140 Subjects in the 350-only series
versus the 62 cards in the 350 series with the "apple green" backs.

Apparently, American Lithographic started printing the SOVEREIGN advertising backs with darker green ink
in the 150 and early 350 series cards. Then used lighter shades of green ink for their latter 350 series and
the 460 series.












TED Z

[cfc1909]

Ted Scott

this is good stuff. I have several of each color with the Piedmont 42 and will check them tonight.

Craig W.-Look at your 42s and tell us what the color pattern is with cards from the 350/460 and 460 only.

JR cfc1909

[cfc1909]

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