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Card Type Description

#17 - Cacomixle
Printer's proof (?) Jerry Anderson has acquired one of these cards which has a blank back and is missing the copyright line normally found in the top margin. The border area is a much different color than a normal card (see detail scans, below) and at least a couple of the edges appear to have been cut by hand. In fact, the bottom margin has an extra 3/16" of space below the name lines. Otherwise, the color and size of the image area are consistent with a normal card. This copy also seems to have been printed on a much lighter than usual paper stock. I would have to guess that this might very well be a printer's proof of some sort.

UPPER LEFT CORNER
PROOF CARD (?)

-- above image courtesy of Jerry Anderson
NORMAL CARD

#40 - Aye-Aye
Printer's proof (?) I've acquired one of these cards which has a blank back and is missing the copyright line normally found in the top margin. The border area is a much different color than a normal card (see detail scans, below) and the edges have clearly been cut by hand. Otherwise, the color and size of the image area are consistent with a normal card. This copy also seems to have been printed on a much lighter than usual paper stock. I would have to guess that this might very well be a printer's proof of some sort.

UPPER LEFT CORNER
PROOF CARD (?)

NORMAL CARD


#42 - Galago
Printer's proof (?) I've acquired one of these cards which has a blank back and is missing the copyright line normally found in the top margin. The border area is a much different color than a normal card (see detail scans, below) and the edges have clearly been cut by hand. Otherwise, the color and size of the image area are consistent with a normal card. This copy also seems to have been printed on a much lighter than usual paper stock. I would have to guess that this might very well be a printer's proof of some sort.

UPPER LEFT CORNER
PROOF CARD (?)

NORMAL CARD


#45 - Gems-Bok
Printing error I've acquired a copy of this card with an incorrect "No. 43" on the reverse.

Natural History Album
Printer's proof Here's a marvelous printer's proof sheet for one of the pages of the Album of Illustrated Natural History. Notice the 11 color separations.

-- image courtesy of Ron Schieber