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Ted ZanidakisComparing OBAK's with T206 production is a totally different "animal". OBAK's were printed
in California, employing a different printing process and on large sheets....and, perhaps that
is why uncut sheets of OBAK's have survived.
E-cards were printed in the greater Philadelphia area on smaller sheets of 30 (or 36) cards.
T206's were printed in NYC at the American Lithographic Co. (ALC). And, since we have yet
to see an uncut sheet of T206's....my theory is that they were printed with 12 cards across
a row....similar to the 12-card strip of E91 cards shown here......
How many 12-card rows make up a complete sheet is the function of the number of Subjects
in that particular series.
A 48 card sheet is a natural for two of the series in the T206 set......
48 Subjects......Southern League series
48 Subjects......460-only series
Furthermore, the 12-across arrangement is reinforced by the make up of three other series in
the T206 set......
12 Subjects......150-only cards
144 Subjects.....150/350 series (12 rows x 12 cards)
216 Subjects.....350-only series (18 rows x 12 cards)
My educated guess of 12-cards across each row is based on the composition of these 5 Series
in the T206 set.
And, NO....I don't agree that a 48-card sheet is "small", by the printing methods employed by
ALC in 1909-1911.
TED Z