Of DOPNER..MURR'Y..SHAPPE..'NODGRASS..DOYLE error mark

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Maybe I'm a T206 "purist"......or, just an old "dinosaur". But, I have never understood why anyone
would pay 1000's of $$$$ for any of these four trivial printing flaws (DOPNER, MURR'Y, SHAPPE, or
'NODGRASS). They just happen to be missing a SERIF (or two) due to a worn type set....they are
not true variations !

The MAGIE and JOE DOYLE error cards are by initial design; and therefore, true variations. In to-
day's market they command "big $$$$$", and deservedly so. There are only 100-200 MAGIE cards
in circulation. There are only 6 cards of the Joe DOYLE Nat'l variation that are confirmed to be le-
gitimate (based on their history).





Recently, we have discovered what I refer to as a "poor man's" Joe Doyle error card. Shown below
is the printer's mark (remnant from the letter "N") when American Lithographic initially (and hastily)
erased their mistake (Nat'l) in Joe Doyle card's caption.
To qualify as an "abbreviated" Joe Doyle error, this card must have a Piedmont 350 back (similar to
the real error card). The Piedmont cards of Joe Doyle have become quite tough to find; and further-
more, only a few of them are found with this Printer's Mark.

So, let's have some relative consistency with these 4 other printing flaws, I think there ought to be
a higher value on this particular Joe Doyle "semi-error" card. Either that, or the above mentioned 4
printing flaws are way overpriced; and, I predict that down the road they will not hold their current
(exaggerated) market price. One of the main reasons for this, is that more "fakes" will continue to
emerge, and this will scare away collectors from buying them. And, as we have seen, Graded copies
do not guarantee an authentic card.

What are your thoughts on this subject ?



PRINTER's MARK.................................../\



T-Rex TED