T206 Reference / Reflections.....Tuesday Nite Trivia

[Ronnie73]

Originally Posted by tedzan

Hi Ron

Here's my PIEDMONT 460/42.

All my Pd/42 cards are printed with the light blue ink. Do you have any of them with the dark blue ink ?


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TED Z
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Hi Ted, I have two with the darker ink. One is Rube Marquard Pitching Follow Through, and the other is Arlie Latham.

[Pat R]

One lighter blue and one dark blue.
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[tedzan]

Hey guys,

Pardon me for having a "senior moment". I forgot about the trimmed PIEDMONT 460/42 cards that I have stashed away in the archives.
Obviously, they are the dark blue ink variety.





And, here are two more dark blue cards......


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And, two semi-dark blue ones......

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With the exception of Chase (who is part of my blue Chase run), I've traded (or sold) most of my PIEDMONT factory #42 cards.


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And, I do recall that I sold this Latham to Adam G.


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TED Z
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[Ronnie73]

It's interesting to see light and dark ink variations of the same cards. I know it was talked about in a post years ago. I wonder if there's a dark ink variation of blue portrait Hal Chase. I've only seen light ink variations on his card.

[Pat R]

You can find light and dark variations in all the series with piedmonts, maybe not as often or pronounced as the 42's but the biggest variation in color
are found on the Polar Bears.
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[tedzan]

Hey guys,

Thanks for posting your PIEDMONT 42 cards. We have a Baker P42 card with a light blue back and another with a dark blue back. It reminds me of a theory which
I posted years ago regarding PIEDMONT 42 and UZIT cards.

Oh No ! Another "Ted T206 theory". Do they ever end ?

Anyway, PIEDMONT 42 and UZIT backs have very similar blue ink variations. Which leaves me to believe that these two backs were printed simultaneously. We do
have evidence that the UZIT backs were printed and issued in Feb-Mar 1911. This timeline is consistent with ATC's transfer of the Piedmont Cigarette production to
the Liggett & Myers Factory (#42) in Durham, NC.


Here's my two UZIT examples of varying blue ink intensity......

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TED Z
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[tedzan]

Double post.