New T206 Sweet Caporal back - strawberry red vs. cherry red?

steve B · #1 08-27-2022, 05:20 PM

That seems entirely plausible.

At the time, inks were mixed by hand, to a fairly loose standard. They should be fairly consistent within a press run.

I believe the 350s were done at least 3 times, and having different subjects for some of that makes sense.
I also think that a general print run of fronts was done, then used to fill orders for particular brands. Possibly some smaller brands were done by themselves.

So I'm not surprised to see a known finite print run with a color difference match up well or exactly with a newly realized/discovered back shade difference.

53toppscollector · #2 09-14-2022, 11:34 AM

In my survey so far, I have noticed a bunch of the Fac 25s printed with a darker, deeper red compared to factory 30s. Will be something interesting to monitor as I make my way through the entire set.

brianp-beme · #3 12-08-2023, 01:31 PM

I thought this thread deserved a bump, because it seems it was mostly overlooked when originally posted and has some great observations about back color differences in some of the Sweet Caporal 350 factory 25 cards, similar to the Forest Green and Apple Green seen in Sovereigns. Fun stuff, and I always appreciate collectors like Tony who have invested time in researching a pattern in a set they collect, and even more importantly, are willing to share this with us as well

Here are two Sweet Caporal 350 cards from Print Group A with factory 25 and 30 designations. In my opinion not as much color difference as is seen between the SC350 f25 and SC350/460 in Tony's scans, but still noticeable.

Brian

Leon · #4 12-10-2023, 09:10 PM

+1 ...I agree very good info...

Quote:

Originally Posted by brianp-beme

I thought this thread deserved a bump, because it seems it was mostly overlooked when originally posted and has some great observations about back color differences in some of the Sweet Caporal 350 factory 25 cards, similar to the Forest Green and Apple Green seen in Sovereigns. Fun stuff, and !always appreciate collectors like Tony who have invested time in researching a pattern in a set they collect, and even more importantly, are willing to share this with us as well

Here are two Sweet Caporal 350 cards from Print Group A with factory 25 and 30 designations. In my opinion not as much color difference as is seen between the SC350 f25 and SC350/460 in Tony's scans, but still noticeable.

Brian

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