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Posted By: Ed McCollum

Lets say the cards where printed on a lithograph that could handle a 28" x 40" sheet, like any larger printer today. You'd plate up the press, and start. But each sheet as it came off the press would have the same players in the same position. Collins should rest on top of Collins, as long as that was the set of plates on the press. At the end of that press run, a new set of plates are placed on press, and a different run of players starts. So as the sheets come off the press, how is it that Starr was on the sheet just below Collins when he came off the press? If is were a change of plates, Starr certainly would have had enough time to dry before the sheet with Collins on it started through, and even then, what about pre-run to make sure everything was in register?

Not trying to argue, John, I have a couple cards with Piedmont over the image of the player on front, but haven't seen that many with a player image on back over the brand, so this struck me as strange.