Picked up a T218 Blank Back - anyone have other T218 oddities?

[Bill77]

Another H J Handy oddity. I noticed the wet sheet transfer on the top when I got it but then noticed another transfer at the bottom that is hard to see in the scan. I was able to pull more detail out by playing with the contrast. I don't think I have ever seen a card with 2 transfers before.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Bill77

Another H J Handy oddity. I noticed the wet sheet transfer on the top when I got it but then noticed another transfer at the bottom that is hard to see in the scan. I was able to pull more detail out by playing with the contrast. I don't think I have ever seen a card with 2 transfers before.

Very cool piece, looks like a Mecca logo from a card back at both top and bottom in two different orientations? I have a lot of single wet sheet transfers but I’ve never seen a T218 with one like this

[Bill77]

After playing with the card some more I was able to pull a little more detail on the transfer and found out which card left the upside down transfer. It is from the James J. Jefferies card. I can make out 3 1901s on the left and the round numbers 25, 23, and 4 on the right.

[G1911]

Originally Posted by Bill77

After playing with the card some more I was able to pull a little more detail on the transfer and found out which card left the upside down transfer. It is from the James J. Jefferies card. I can make out 3 1901s on the left and the round numbers 25, 23, and 4 on the right.

Very nice detective work! Nice little clue to the layout of the early Series 1 sheet(s) as well.


Here's another contribution, though I can't yet make out what the text is on the first Klaus in upper left to ID what back is showing.



A small oddity here, these 3 Klaus cards are all Factory 30 backs. While breaks in the thin black border on back are ubiquitous throughout the set, Klaus has a recurring print defect (RPD) on the front, with these two gaps in the upper right. I only observed this recently and have not yet seen it on a factory 649 card. There's a few RPD's in T1218, the McGrath 'finger splotch' shown previously in this thread being the only really cool one, I think. Would be interested in your guys' Klaus cards, if they do or do not have this border gap and which factory(ies).

[DaveW]

Hi Greg - I have two Klaus cards, both factory 30, and neither of them has the border breaks like your cards.

[Bill77]

My Klaus is a factory 649 and does not have the border breaks.

[G1911]

Thank you gentlemen - all of the Klaus' on eBay are 649's without the break. Thinking this probably only F30 then, but is unlikely to be tough, as 2 of my 3 copies have it.