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[sb1]

Here are two more print defects on the 1959 Killebrew, two with a blue comet in the sky and one with a yellow bug at the bottom.

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by sb1

and one with a yellow bug at the bottom.

A "squashed" yellow bug.

[sb1]

Quick tally of 59 Killebrews current and recent on ebay, six yellow bugs and only one blue comet, out of 200 examples.

[ALR-bishop]

Bob-- any idea why some bugs in 1959 had yellow and some white innards ?

[steve B]

The "bugs" are the same fault as fisheyes, just caused by more irregular debris. Stuff stuck to the offset blanket get's inked, but causes a dent in the rubber so the area around it doesn't get inked.

If there's a background color like on Killebrew, it shows. Fairly often yellow is left under Magenta to make a nice red.

The one on Brandt is less typical, both for size, and because it doesn't have much of a center. There was probably a larger bit of debris at one time that fell off, but damaged the blanket. Since leaving yellow under the blue would make the card green, there's no background color.

[ALR-bishop]

Steve-- I have great respect for and value your printing expertise, but Bob knows his bugs

I have known him to drive cross country and then catalog the results off his windshield....and attach cards to the windshield wipers as test subjects.

[bobsbbcards]

Originally Posted by ALR-bishop

Steve-- I have great respect for and value your printing expertise, but Bob knows his bugs

I have known him to drive cross country and then catalog the results off his windshield....and attach cards to the windshield wipers as test subjects.

In fact, I actually made a Christmas ornament once that turned out so horrible that my kids named it “bugs on a windshield.” Now when we decorate, I get to hear “Okay, who wants to hang bugs on a windshield?” Nobody, that’s who.