Another New T205 Variation

[marcdelpercio]

Thanks Mike and Joshua,
I have noticed a few that have the smudged look. I have one of those myself. It looks like the printing plate was dinged or something. Some are very clearly "D" and some are very clearly "B" but there is almost a third "smudged" variation.

[Mrc32]

My Miller is a Hassan back and it reads John D. Miller

[Matt]

Originally Posted by marcdelpercio

Thanks Mike and Joshua,
I have noticed a few that have the smudged look. I have one of those myself. It looks like the printing plate was dinged or something. Some are very clearly "D" and some are very clearly "B" but there is almost a third "smudged" variation.

Marc - I would posit indeed a 3rd variation. Conjecture: At some point in the run, they realized they were printing a D when it should have been a B (for Barney) and tried a "quick fix" of scratching the D in the plate to turn it into a B. It was replaced by a true B in a later run.

[marcdelpercio]

Matt,
That sounds very reasonable. It obviously was corrected to a "B" at some point in the print run so that makes sense in explaining the smudgy looking ones and may also give some insight into the timing of the print runs with various backs. It is strange though that they never corrected the other "D" in his name just above this line.

[scottglevy]

Very exciting !!

I love it when a new discovery is found - nice work.

Regards,
S