T205 Phillippe Variation
 

Been watching these cards for a while now and feel confident enough to say there is a color variation. One with a dark blue collar and one with a light blue collar. Have only found the light blue on the Pied 25 back. Dark blue seems to be on all other backs including the Pied 25's. So if anyone has examples or scans to share of the light blue on a different back other than Pied 25 please do so. Would like to hear any feedback on this also.

T205 Phillippe Pied. 25 with a dark-blue collar
 

I have a T205 Phillippe Pied. 25 with a dark-blue collar, and I noticed that the blue ink on the back of this card seems deeper to me than the blue ink on the light-collar ones that I see on eBay. Front and back pics below. Could it be that the light-collar Pied. 25s have lighter blue ink all around than the dark-collar Pied. 25s?

Front of T205 Phillippe Pied. 25 with a dark-blue collar:
http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1448498226

Back of the same card:
http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1448498226

Back of a light-collar Pied. 25 taken from eBay:
http://www.net54baseball.com/attachm...1&d=1448498226

It's not the best comparison since mine is a photo and the eBay one I assume is a scan, but the card I've got definitely has a deep blue ink on the back rather than a lighter-blue ink.

The ink from both the cards I posted are the same color on the back. I have seen light and dark ink backs in both the light and dark collars. So far only the Pied 25's are what I have seen the light collars on.

Looking
 

I have a few Deacons, I will attempt to locate them side by side this weekend!

Dark Blue
 

From my wife's collection

My wife collects Christmas ornaments. Can we trade?

Lol!

wives, or what they collect!? LOL

I have a dark blue collar with Piemont factory 42...not sure that info helps at all.

Send pic for answer :)!! J/K ..happy holidays

And back to topic, I think a lot of print shading variations are due to things other than manufacturing but it's neat to find the "uncorrected errors" or color variations.

I have two Phillippe T205's and both have dark blue collars. Hassan (649) and American Beauty.

Make that three, this one is a Piedmont factory 42.