I recently came across this beauty. Since my most recent article concerns the printing process for T206s, it seemed fitting that I write up a little post about it.
At first glance, it looks like the back has a Wet Sheet Transfer from another Sweet Caporal back. However, if that were the case, the transfer would be reversed and the words would be backwards. I’m not 100% sure what caused this. But, the fact that the second, lighter printing is aligned in the same direction and slightly offset leads me to believe that it was printed at the time of production. My best guess is the backs were printed once as normal, and then printed again, except that the ink on the blanket was mostly gone and just shows up as a faint shadow on the card above.
I haven’t seen another card like this one, but it does remind me of a pair of double stamped Sweet Caporal 350 factory 30 backs I have seen in the past. I once owned this McCormick. I also know of a Matty McIntyre with the same double printed back. I believe both are from the same sheet.
The obvious difference is that it appears the McCormick back was actually fully printed twice, as the ink is almost as dark on the second printing (slightly above the first).
If anyone has seen any similar cards, I’d love to hear about it. Please shoot me a message via the contact link at the top of the page or via email at luke@thatT206life.com.