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Originally Posted by steve B
Most likely a scratched plate. Interesting, at least to me. It looks like it goes off the bottom border, so there should be a card with the scratch showing at the top right.
The location of the black in the panel could be a slight difference, or simply that batch having the black printed a bit out of register.
Plate scratches in general aren't all that common, once the plate is damaged it's often replaced.
Steve B
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Dead on Steve. The plate was definitely scratched. When a plate is scratched, the pressman would fill the scratch on the press with a scratch remover, to keep the job running while a new plate is made. If the fill holds up during the run, then they would not replace the plate.