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Posted By: E, Daniel

Paul, in my mind trimming means removing some of the existing card, and does not change the composition of the card - there is merely less of it afterwards. In the same way, wear and rubbing of corners that results in corners being so rounded there is literally missing paper where once there were corners, does not mean the composition of the card has changed, just less remains.

And with re-backing again the composition of the card is the same, 2 layers of card that are meant to be married, the only difference is that they are not original to eachother. But in the words of many who have argued for soaking, corners being layed down, marks erased, and wrinkles removed....if you couldn't tell afterwards that it had been done, and the graders were unable to tell, then surely you could not have issue with it - or those who performed the alteration.

Sincerely
Daniel