Thanks for showing those again Brian. You've posted them before, and I never get tired of seeing them--envious yes, tired no. You can even feel free to e-mail me hi-res scans if you like 
One thing I noticed is that each of yours seems to have light stamping on the back-- an "H" in one spot and what just might be part of the ampersand and letters like those from the Holmes & Son ad I posted. I am among the world's worst at photo-shopping and enhancing/contrasting images, but the Roush especially seems to have what could be read as "MES & SON" diagonally downward across the back. Maybe someone with the proper skills can get us a better look at that.
If there is such a stamp, this would seem to confirm that the cards were redeemed. It also would appear that even if redeemed, they may have been stamped and returned to the customer.
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If we are to have another contest in the near future of our national existence, I predict that the dividing line will not be Mason and Dixon's but between patriotism and intelligence on the one side, and superstition, ambition and ignorance on the other. - Ulysses S. Grant, military commander, 18th US President.
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