Yes, except the back plate would have been used to print the backs for more than one different sheet.
Figuring out the sheet size more certainly from the P150 scratches and other minor differences is probably possible.
Once a likely sheet size has been more nearly proven then a comparison of backs to fronts can eliminate certain fronts from being on the same sheet as certain others.
I've already found one pair of fronts that share a peculiar mark on the back.
Combining that information with the list of two name cards and other miscuts will get us even closer.
Yes, there's the likely complexity of multiple plates having the same players. But other than differences across print groups such as a minor difference between the 150 and 350 versions of the same card that's unlikely. The plates we're talking about were probably stones about 2-3 inches thick and the process of preparing them was a bit involved. They would have been set aside if the printer had any belief that they'd be reused. After that of course they were resurfaced and reused to print something else.
Steve B
|