T206 "ELITE EIGHT"....but then there were SEVEN

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by Jantz

Ted - Just out of curiosity, does the Mullin you've posted have a Piedmont 350 back? The reason I ask is because every Mullin Piedmont 350 I've seen has a distinguishing spot on the front of the card. Even the Mullin Piedmont 350 I traded with you back in 2009 had this spot.

Jantz

My PIEDMONT 150 and SOVEREIGN 150 do not have this mark. But, as Jantz has noted, my PIEDMONT 350 does have a faint trace of this mark.

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Furthermore....currently, on ebay there is a Mullin with this same "printer's mark" which is quite distinct......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-T206-So...-/150583220279


Is this just a random phenomena, or do only certain Mullin cards (with respect to their tobacco advertising back) exhibit this DOT ?

It would be interesting to see if a pattern exists....so, when you have a chance, check out your Mullin cards and tell us if your's has this printer's mark.

Thanks

TED Z

[steve B]

I think we'll find that mark to be common to the P350s There are a lot of tiny differences that should eventually lead to a better idea of sheet layouts.

Of course, the one with the big key to plate layouts is the P150 Ted shows. The line across the back is from a big plate scratch that I've seen on a few P150's. I'm still trying to find enough scans to piece them together.

I think Ted has a green Cobb with the line as well.

Steve B

Originally Posted by tedzan

My PIEDMONT 150 and SOVEREIGN 150 do not have this mark. But, as Jantz has noted, my PIEDMONT 350 does have a faint trace of this mark.

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Furthermore....currently, on ebay there is a Mullin with this same "printer's mark" which is quite distinct......

http://www.ebay.com/itm/1909-T206-So...-/150583220279


Is this just a random phenomena, or do only certain Mullin cards (with respect to their tobacco advertising back) exhibit this DOT ?

It would be interesting to see if a pattern exists....so, when you have a chance, check out your Mullin cards and tell us if your's has this printer's mark.

Thanks

TED Z

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by steve B

I think we'll find that mark to be common to the P350s There are a lot of tiny differences that should eventually lead to a better idea of sheet layouts.

Of course, the one with the big key to plate layouts is the P150 Ted shows. The line across the back is from a big plate scratch that I've seen on a few P150's. I'm still trying to find enough scans to piece them together.

I think Ted has a green Cobb with the line as well.

Steve B

Steve

I don't think I have that green Cobb anymore. I will look thru my all-PIEDMONT set and see if I have any other P 150 cards with the "big plate scratch".

TED Z

[wonkaticket]

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[tedzan]

Originally Posted by wonkaticket

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John

Cool stuff !

Very interesting; but, quite weird.


Best regards,

T-Rex TED

[tedzan]

Originally Posted by ethicsprof

I have the Mullin Piedmont 150 with no mark.
Very interesting thread.
all the best,
barry

......for your input on the Mullin card. However, there doesn't appear to be much interest on that subject.

Therefore, I'll switch back on topic here, namely the PIEDMONT 350 Schulte. I have been tracking the Schulte (front view) card for the past 6 years.....ever since
a number of us T206 "nuts" started our T206 surveys on Net54. Thanks a lot to your fantastic EPDG thread in 2006. I've checked-out several 100's of the Schulte
cards in these 6 years at shows, on ebay, auctions, and pop reports. The majority of them are PIEDMONT 150. Only about 33 % of them are SWEET CAPORAL 150.
And, a handful of them are SOVEREIGN 150 or brown HINDU cards.

Since no other examples of the Schulte with a PIEDMONT 350 back have been found, in at least 6 years, suggests that this particular PIEDMONT 350 Schulte card
is just an anomaly.....it's is not an American Litho. regular production T206 card.

Some on this forum think a 2nd example of this card will eventually be found ? Well, conventional probability tells us that this would have occurred by now. It's not
as if we are searching for a BROAD LEAF 460 back or a DRUM back.....it's just your ordinary PIEDMONT 350 back.

In my opinion, it's inevitable that we will accept the fact that rhe Schulte (front view) is a 150-only subject. Which is what we originally considered that it was 6
years ago.


Best regards ole buddy,

TED Z