Reasons to agree with DAN McKEE....regarding the PIEDMONT Plank

[E93]

Ted my friend,
That sounds like a lot of conjecture. Seems to me the evidence is that 25% of the Piedmont Planks are factory cuts. Do you have a scan of the ALC shipping documents you mention?
JimB

[steve B]

I saved a scan from the auction.



The back writing does specify SC and philadelphia area and not philadelphia area. And I also think this could have some bearing on the Plank cards.

Since the piece is a partial page it isn't 100% certain that the cards were T206s, but it does show that during that period they were packing 1 per box of 10 for some areas, and 2 per box of 10 for philadelphia. The notation below is for military cards, so it's a sound idea that the top notes refer to T206s.

Another thing to note is that the packing priod for other than philadelphia territory was nearly a month, and the packing for philadelphia territory was only about 10 days.

Also the packing log fragment is from factory 649, which also separates it from Plank distribution.

I'm not convinced the card in question is handcut, but Teds theory does make some sense.

Steve B

Originally Posted by E93

Ted my friend,
That sounds like a lot of conjecture. Seems to me the evidence is that 25% of the Piedmont Planks are factory cuts. Do you have a scan of the ALC shipping documents you mention?
JimB