1950 Bowman anomoly

[steve B]

Originally Posted by bbcard1

It looks like it was legitimately overprinted with black, even after closer attention, thanks for the tip. As I have spent my life in advertising, I thought it might be. Probably just some odd thing that happened with a new pressman on a Tuesday afternoon. I'll probably put it in my set.

That can't happen from a simple accident. Maybe if they put the wrong color into the press, but that would be pretty unusual. The colors are on completely different plates.


It's hard to tell, but it's possible the red has oxidized. That would also be unusual, but some inks will react to things and change color. I haven't seen it on a card, but have seen it on stamps.

[ALR-bishop]

Given it involves the whole back I suppose there is no real similarity to the 52 Campos black or partial black star

[bbcard1]

Originally Posted by steve B

That can't happen from a simple accident. Maybe if they put the wrong color into the press, but that would be pretty unusual. The colors are on completely different plates.


It's hard to tell, but it's possible the red has oxidized. That would also be unusual, but some inks will react to things and change color. I haven't seen it on a card, but have seen it on stamps.

You can see both the red and the black so it would have had to have been a "double hit" on that plate and the black is pretty definitely laying over the red. I looked through the rest of his commons just to be sure there wasn't another one. Here's a closer look. At worst, it's interesting.