Insights into probable T206 uncut sheets

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Originally Posted by tedzan

American Litho. (ALC) started producing the Gold-bordered sets (sports & non-sports) in the Spring of 1911. Here are two popular examples.

The basic T205 set comprises of 200 cards. The T80 set has 50 cards, as do many other non-sports sets (then there are some that consist
of 100 cards). From these numbers I think we can conclude that ALC, after the T206 production runs, switched to a different format (consis-
tent with their printing equipment).



TED Z

I do not think we can conclude that at all. As a matter of fact it seems pretty far fetched. I believe that the T206s were issued concurrently with other card sets, including non-sports. Are you asking us to believe that Amer. Litho. printed the T206s and then changed their presses to print all the other cards? That doesn't seem practical.

I think the T206 set has been mythologized by collectors. It needs to be looked at in the totality of Amer. Litho's. business. It was just another set, albeit a very large one, printed in the same manner as all of their other sets.