Show...me...your print variations!

[slidekellyslide]

Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman

https://www.ebay.com/itm/DEWEY-ROBIN...cAAOSwR2RaG3GN I don't know what caused it but there is at least one other one out there, they are both from the E* sheet.

Interesting. Thanks Cliff.

[steve B]

That could be from a couple things.

A dry print, where the plate doesn't get dampened and retains ink everywhere.

During washdown, where they cleaned ink off the blanket with solvent, which smears it at first. But that usually isn't this consistent.

Or, a sheet of paper, or the surface of a sheet got stuck on the blanket, and retained ink since it's porous.

Of those, I think it's probably the last one.

[savedfrommyspokes]

I am guessing that these two cards were next to each other on their original sheet. While I did not do the best job to line it up perfectly on the scanner, the little black line in the white blemish line up. I found at least one copy of each card with (nearly) the same print blemish which continues from one card to the other.