T206 Cobb (Red) Polar Bear back inking question

Jobu · #1 07-16-2016, 01:55 PM

Thanks Steve - I am glad I added the "(I) might not be correct".

Jantz · #2 07-16-2016, 03:24 PM

Going by the OP's scan, it appears to have a slight WST along the bottom just above Cobb. These lines are common in the borders of Polar Bears, but this is interesting since the back line is so faint.

steve B · #3 07-17-2016, 12:26 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jobu

Thanks Steve - I am glad I added the "(I) might not be correct".

No problem, even an idea that's fairly close is pretty good.

In my other hobby I learn stuff all the time. I found a stamp I thought might be a really good one, printed on both sides. It happens, but rarely and almost never on modern ones. I showed it to a guy in our club who also knows printing, and he agreed that the alternate explanation was probably the right one. A double offset - Or, double WST. So a printed sheet, probably setup waste caused a WST on some other object, maybe a sheet put on whatever would hold the stack of sheets to protect them. Then the scrap was removed, and the first sheet in the stack got a WST from the inked protecting layer.

An interesting freak, but not an "error" which in this case probably is a difference of a bit over $1000

(The one I have is probably unique, but worth much less)

Just be glad that most cards were done by one general method of printing stamps are at least 5-6 different.

Steve B

Sean · #4 07-17-2016, 02:13 PM

I guess that would mean six times more freaks for Johnny to collect.

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