1962 Post experts - Is this another variation?

[Rich Klein]

(PSA board) and here; my instinct for what it's worth (about 3 cents) tells me that these are just printed at different times. One of the cards appear to be much sharper printed than the other one. Is that worth a variation line, I don't know.

Somewhere buried in my archives are two different Post Cereal pamphlets with real detailed access on these cards. If I ever find them, I'll post the information if any

Rich

[frankhardy]

That was me that posted it over at PSA. Was that your reply?

As far as being a sharper print, my take is that every other detail (color shade and sharpness) is the same. It's like the blues are opposites. In one the background is dark while the name is light, and the other is the opposite. Am I way off here?

[Chris-Counts]

It's interesting that the photos are centered differently in each card. Notice the position of the black stripe on his jersey in comparison to the red line on the right border ...

[hcv123]

While far from an expert on the topic, There are definitely known "tint" variations within the post set. This looks to be exactly what you have. That said, I don't know enough about them to offer a thought on any difference in value if any or which is the tougher one. Be well.

-Howard

[fkw]

Dont know anything about Post cards, but I saw right away the 2 cards are cropped slighly different, or the print is way off. Look on the right side where the black strip hits the red design (bottom right corner of the image area).


edited to say... i wasnt the first to see this I see

[ChiefBenderForever]

Not sure if they are cropped differently, I think someone cut into the red strip and that part of the card is missing, if cut the same would be there.

[steve B]

They are cropped differently. The right edge is a bit hard to tell because of the trim, and the red could be off center. But on the lower left corner of the picture there's a tiny dark line that's probably a uniform crease. On one it's right at the edge of the picture, and on the other it's farther to the right of the edge of the picture. There's a couple other differences, but they could be from the different colors being out of register.

Steve