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PaulI'd certainly like to hear more about this. In particular, I'd like to know:
Did these early collectors have the original printing plates?
How did they select the correct inks?
How did they find the right paper?
Why have only 2 of the renumbered Goudeys have shown up over the years?
What other sets did they reprint?
If this was just innocent fun and not an intent to fool anyone, why isn't the story more widely known? I would think an honest collector would have warned the entire hobby (a very small group back then) once he realized that his joke cards were being passed of as real.