Weil Baking - backs anomaly

[buymycards]

The T206 Ewing thread got me thinking about some of my Weil Baking cards. If you look at a "normal" back, the "a" in action is fine. The first scan shows a normal "a".

If you look at the next two scans, there is what appears to be a comma in front of the "a", and the last scan shows part of the "a" is missing.

I find it kinda of interesting. That goes to show you how exciting my life is, when I am finding minor printing flaws on the backs of cards.

[ZachS]

Only one I currently have scanned... missing part of the A

[steve B]

The bit printed before the "a" is most likely a nailhead from one of the nails holding the copper electrotype plate to what was usually a wooden block.

The missing bit from the "a" is probably either from a repair where they replaced the loose nail with a screw, or chipped the "a" placing the nail for that position.

Both good evidence that those cards were printed from electrotypes rather than lithographed like the T cards.

Steve B

[buymycards]

Thanks, Steve. That is interesting.

Rick

[nolemmings]

Nice catch Rick. I will go through my scans to determine which cards have each flaw-- a cursory review shows that each player is consistent in how card back displays, flaw or no flaw.

As you may have noticed, every Weil's card has a slight inking void in the form of a very thin line in the bottom half of the "e" in Weil, and in some it is a bit more pronounced:


Note also that some have heavier inking on the "NS" in New Orleans, with the bottom leg of the "N' cut off. Here's a Shauno Collins (compare to above):

I find that the following cards have the same inking as the Collins: #27 Caldwell, #94 Kauff (mine); #134 O’Neill, #144 Robinson, and #194 Wolfgang. #70 Gowdy has a filled-in upper “S”, as does #61 Foster.

[Leon]

My "a" is missing almost half of himself.