1913 Fatima T200's reprint/authenticity questions

[FrankWakefield]

cycleback mentions T222's... I've seen fake and reprint T200's, but I've not seen a fake T222, although they may well be out there. The point is that if you can buy or see in person a real T222, then that will go a long way toward learning to discern authentic T200's. These cards are on thin photographic paper, hardly cards at all.

[fkw]

just wanted to add, most "doctored reprints" will have faked corner wear and creases like a common baseball card, showing slightly rounded or dogeared corners with white where its worn.
A real T200 is not a printed card, it is a REAL PHOTOGRAPH, and if you bend them they will often break or at least crack. and to add most will have some crazing (small cracks to the surface when held at an angle to the light), and they also often are slight curled because the photo part has shrunk ever so slightly over time, more than the photo paper its on, (same with T222, N172s)

They are some of the easiest of "doctored reprints" to spot.

PS. also never soak an authentic T200 or T222, they will be destroyed, real photographs and water dont mix.

[rainier2004]

What are the measurement suppose to be on t200s? Lipset has them at 4 3/4" by 2 5/8" but my raw card that I just received today and seems to be authentic measures 4 7/8" by 2 3/4"...I though Lipset was usually right. Any help would be great.