1911-16 T216 (Mino) - "thin stock" myth

[Leon]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

I've only handeld and seen a few in my collecting days, but I have never noticed a thin stock...

Leon where do you think this came from back in the day?

Cheers,

John

Lipset delineates the sets correctly in his Encyclopedia. He says the larger captioned Kotton and the Virginia Extra are on thin stock. He does mention the glossy vs non-glossy issue also. I feel the "thin" paper stock error relating to Mino probably started with information given to the folks at Krause. I think as time has gone on, and the information age becomes even more mature, we will see certain hobby myths be corrected. I have a 1997 Standard Catalog Big Book in front of me (it was my first one) and it gives a blanket statement of all of the T216's coming in thin or thick stock and glossy or non glossy. That is the first instance of the information I can find though there could be (and probably are) earlier accounts of the misinformation. My hope is that the info in the Big Book will be changed until, at a minimum, we see at least 1 of the thin stock Minos. And not to go back to the T206 board debacle but it's the same thing here. It seems like these information errors should be corrected instead of perpetuated. regards

[wonkaticket]

Makes sense to me...

[nolemmings]

Leon, FWIW, the first edition of the Standard Catalog (in 1988) carries the same blanket description about t216s, so it goes back even further.

[Leon]

Thanks Todd.....I figured it went back further. So for the past 23 yrs, and counting, the Krause SCD has spread the word .