T206 EPDG- - - how rare in your collection?

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Posted By: Brian Weisner

Hi Ted,
I hope you had a great vacation... Now, back to cards.

I don't mean to be a pain, but in your earlier post you state:

"And, until
we see a Ritchey with a 150 back with the "clouds in the sky", I think this "Bluer ink"
explanation is valid."
Then I show you one and you continue to suggest it was merely ink or a paper stock problem. I'm not a printing expert, but I do know that you can't create the dove/cloud effect on the 150 or 350 card without a viod or pattern that would keep the ink from covering the entire area. If these dove/cloud's were in different places I might agree with you, but they aren't.I don't disagree that the added darker blue color of the 350 series will make the Dove/Cloud more visible, but adding dark blue to the existing colors would not create the dove/cloud. To create the same pattern of the cloud or dove in the same exact position on the card had to be done by design, not by the quality of the stock, or ink.


Ok, back to EPDG vs Old Mill. It appears from the very limited sample of less than 10 of each card that the EPDG cards have the 150 look, while all of the Old Mill's have the 350 look. That along with the fact, that none of the 150/350 short printed cards we have been tracking have been seen with Old Mill back would lead me to assume that Old Mill's were released with or shortly before the 350 series.
EPDG backs, on the other hand have been seen with several of the short printed 150/350 cards, so they must have been printed shortly after the 150 and before the 350.

Personally, I don't think the ATC had any idea how popular the promotion would become and added brands as it became apparent that there customers enjoyed the cards as much as the smokes. Otherwise, how do we have so many of them almost a hundred years later.
Happy 4th to all Brian