very interesting
I'm going with a real label. I own the trade card (different) which was later offered as a US stamp. I have seen the tin before but never with a label. I have never seen that image before. While it really isn't that difficult to "distress" something (I worked at the Metropolitan Opera next to the scenic shop where my friend distressed things) - and without it in hand - it looks pretty good. One main test would be to loupe it - but lacking that as the chromolithography would be difficult to replicate - when tilting it at an angle there should be what seem to be thin "patches" of raised ink as a result of the transfer........
no guarantees whether written or implied.
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