T206 Errors and Oddities.. Show Yours

steve B · #1 09-06-2014, 10:04 AM

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Originally Posted by t206blogcom

Steve - I see the blue dot and bottom and side marks in your two examples, but not the 'T' at the top like on mine. That's what I'm curious about and haven't seen another one like this one.

The T at the top and the bottom and side marks are registration marks to help align the transfers used to lay out the plate. They should have been erased, but sometimes weren't. I've seen a few cards with big marks like the top T, and most have small remnants at the centers of the sides.

I think the large marks either wore off after a while, or were eventually erased by the press operator.

Even the smaller marks are often different on the same subject, and can be used to tell different positions apart.

Steve B

t206blogcom · #2 09-06-2014, 02:50 PM

Thanks for the clarification Steve. I've owned plenty with the side and bottom and even top marks, but only one with the 'T'. Neat at the very least.

MW1 · #3 09-14-2014, 01:52 AM

T206 Downey with unusual overprint:

Jobu · #4 09-26-2014, 08:41 PM

It looks like Sheckard's soul is about half a step faster than his body.

I zoomed in on the face because I noticed something odd about this one. From what I have seen, most ghosts are shifted up/down or left/right. While this one is shifted left, you can see from the nose, lips, and chin that the ghost also appears to be tilted upward. This suggests that the sheet was askew or the stone was rotated.

Does anyone else have an example of a ghost that isn't offset at a 90 degree angle from the central axes of the card?

mrvster · #5 09-26-2014, 09:17 PM

ghost Bryan!

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