Taking into account David's observation, and that such plates usually contain only an image, and not text in addition, I think it may be made from the full printing plate - the full newspaper metal page.
It appears that the image and text are part of a larger piece too.
Also would be helpful to see the back of course, few cards were printed and distributed without some form of credit or advertisement on them. We have seen such cards, but they are far fewer in number than cards with the maker printed, particularly post 1930. Appears like a full page print on non-newspaper paper. Whether it was issued as a sheet officially, or was a one-off by someone, it appears difficult to tell given the above.
Last edited by BigJJ; 09-02-2013 at 03:08 PM.
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