STATE AND TERRITORY MAPS
#57 - WEST VIRGINIA
Size: 3" x 5"
Copyrighted: 1889
Lithographer: Donaldson Bros.
Variety "A" - Incorrect Population (Kentucky's)
(detail view)
(NOTE 1: Apparently, the population error
was discovered before the cards were actually
distributed. All examples of this variety that I've seen
have a small black six-pointed star printed or stamped
(approximately) over the '1' of 1,648,690 in an attempt
to make the number appear more accurate. )
(NOTE 2: This variety is so
far known only on cards with the
"" printing variety on the
back.)
Variety "B" - Corrected Population
(detail view)
(NOTE: This variety is known on cards
with both the ""
and "" printing variety on the
back.)
Area: 24,780 sq. mi.
Population: 1,648,690 ("A" - incorrect) or 618,457 ("B" - correct)
Scenes: Oil Refinery
| PRINTING ERROR |
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| Shown
above is a detail image from the back of an interesting variety found
on a few of these West Virginia cards and originally identified by
Jerry Anderson. It was first printed incorrectly, bearing "No 54",
which should be for Pennsylvania. It appears that this error was
discovered before the cards were distributed, and that a sufficient
number of these were wrong to make it worthwhile for the lithographer
to create an overprint to correct the error. Two solid bars were
printed over the original "No 54", and the correct "57" was printed to
the right of it. (I also have a copy of the misnumbered card without
the corrective overprint.)
This type of overprint correction has also been found on the Maine (#52), Pennsylvania (#54), Oregon (#55), Maryland (#56), Louisiana (#58) and Florida (#59) cards in this series. Please see the Errors & Curiosities - State Maps page to view examples. I'd be very interested in hearing from other collectors who've run across similar misprints on this and any other Arbuckle cards. |
Although the cards in this
series didn't include any additional descriptive
information for the individual states or territories, the
subsequently issued
Illustrated Atlas of the United States of America
did devote several paragraphs to
West Virginia
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