UPDATE::Very strange back overprint on a T206 Elberfeld Wash. Port.

lharri3600 · #1 01-25-2011, 09:17 AM

i know mr ellington quite well and i never had a problem with him. i think he was pounded with negs concerning cd's and records. bought as many as 15 t206's from him and all came back either 4 or 5.

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Originally Posted by Leon

In looking at this seller I might be a bit concerned about 39 negatives in the last 12 months....even with 3k-4k of transactions that seems like a lot of negatives. Neat card if it turns out ok.....

Captainhask · #2 01-27-2011, 07:22 AM

I remembered another net 54 member had a balloon back a couple of years ago and looked through the old posts in 2008. Here is the attached photo of Kroh with again a Piedmont 350 series back. The non vintage side could not come up with a set that these could have gone with. Interesting none the less!!!

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nebboy · #3 03-11-2011, 09:45 AM

I just got this one in the mail and remembered this tread. So hear is another card with a tattoo airship backs to add to the collection.

smokeyjoewood · #4 03-11-2011, 10:46 AM

I'm thinking it's possible a few of them are w545's? There are other airships and planes in the set like the one attached.

fkw · #5 03-11-2011, 02:24 PM

look like Tattoo transfers were stuck the the backs IMO...

especially the Kroh card, because the "1843" is not backwards. Tattoos are usually printed backwards so they are correct when applied. But if this was a nonsport blimp card that was stuck to the back of the T206 then removed and leaving some ink behind... the image would be reversed. Plus I think the Nonsport guys would ID a blimp card easily, but a tattoo not so easy.

IMO they are not scrapsheet overprints either for the fact that there are more than one color and colors are all correctly aligned, and the colors and spotty texture remind me of the tattoos Ive seen from that Era. And a tattoo would have that flaky look after all these years from sloughing off a little at a time.

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