Here's a Donovan of Today. The card on the right is correct, with a vibrant red belt. The card on the left has an orange belt. The left card also has a lightened copy of the pinkish dot above the hill at left, and the slight spots of pink in the crowd (none are red) are a bit less clear too. I got this one probably 15 years ago hoping it was a cool misprint. Unlike Gardner and Cross, the card itself doesn't make obvious that it didn't leave the factory this way. It's theoretically possible it did, but is it likely? No. It's just the color of ink that doesn't survive as well as the others and is the easiest to modify, either by natural storage conditions or by crook. It's like making a 50's to 70's Topps card go from green to blue; easy to do, oft happens naturally, and easy to do by doctoring. Note that it's usually these "misprints" that are sold as such - the ones that are the easiest to make and happen naturally. Finding non-proof or scrap cards missing other colors is extremely rare for T cards - because those other ones don't change color so easily. It's possible this card is a genuine misprint. But it sure isn't likely that this is the case.
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