REA reveals a 24 year mystery....the PIEDMONT Plank

[tedzan]

In a prior post you said........
"Hi Ted,
Perhaps we are splitting hairs, but I don't consider any cards with ad's on the back as proofs."


I've reconsidered and fully agree with you....the example I gave with this Johnson as a "proof" card is incorrect.





This card, and other T206's like this one, are simply cards that did not go thru the full 6-color printing process.
The back of this card has the Sweet Caporal 460 Factory 30 (NY) advertisement. We know that none of the 55
Subjects in the 350/460 Series are found with this Sweet Cap back. American Litho. printed the 55 Subjects in
this series with this back, but did not issue them.
Instead, in 1911, American Tobacco Co. transferred their Sweet Caporal production to Durham, NC (Factory 42).
These cards were OVERPRINTED with a scroll covering the Factory 30 line and added the "Factory 42, N.C." line.

Furthermore, what I find just as interesting about this card is, that it proves that the backs of the T206's were
preprinted on sheets of cardboard first. Then, the 6-color process was printed on the fronts of these preprinted
sheets to create the ballplayers' images.


Regards,

T-Rex TED