T206 sheets: Huge factory numbers at back bottom

[atx840]

Well....

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by atx840

Well....

Well that certainly mucks things up. Keep looking!

[Jantz]

For anyone who is keeping track of T206s with sheet numbers.

Beaumont
Cobb (bat on)
Durham
Gilbert
Johnson (port)
Killian (pitching)
Mathewson (port)
Merkle (port)
Overall (port)
Spade
Steinfeldt (port)
Tannehill ("L" on front-Chi.)

These all have Sweet Caporal 350 f#30 backs

Chris has sent me a cropped scan of the T206 with the "25" sheet number on the bottom, but I don't know the player or series number of the card.

As far as Rhoades (right arm extend), I guess I'm still on the fence about this card since the mark may be a sheet aligment mark instead of a sheet number since it appears on the side of the card instead of the bottom.

Tim - Interesting list of names in your post (#12). Add McGraw & Pfeffer to your list from Chris' post (#11) and you have the same list of players I theorized about being on a sheet together in the Sweet Caporal 460 f#42 series.

With so many of us working different angles to reassembling a sheet, I think its only a matter of time before it happens. Hopefully everyone can work together and keep sharing their information and discoveries.



Jantz

[mrvster]

you can add tannehill and killian

[Jantz]

Noted and added to previous post

Thanks Johnny!


Jantz

[Runscott]

Jantz, given Ted's reasoning for the large '30' being on the sheet bottoms, it makes just as much sense (to me, anyway) that it would sometimes be stamped on the side.

What doesn't make sense is not seeing it stamped on Piedmonts as well.

[Abravefan11]

Originally Posted by Runscott

What doesn't make sense is not seeing it stamped on Piedmonts as well.

Scott - Sweet Caporal No.25 and No.30 were the only backs that looked exactly the same, with the exception of the factory number, printed at the same time.

So Piedmont's were always printed with a factory 25 until they made the change in the 460 series and printed them with factory 42. They were never printed with both factory designations at the same time.

So the thinking goes that the large numbers made it easier for the printers to distinguish these nearly identical backs that were being printed at the same time. Ever other back could be easily identified and a large factory number wouldn't be necessary.

[danmckee]

Originally Posted by Jantz

Noted and added to previous post

Thanks Johnny!


Jantz

I have a Matty Portrait with almost a full 30 on the bottom, Jim R has seen it.

[Runscott]

Originally Posted by danmckee

I have a Matty Portrait with almost a full 30 on the bottom, Jim R has seen it.

So what are the rest of us - sliced liver?