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Posted By: Wesley

Overprints are not a part of the actual printing process, so there is always ambiguity as to when the stamping occurred. Who knows when Blomes Chocolate, Niagara Baking, or Old Put really stamped the cards? If I recall correctly from the standard catalog, Toy Town was a game issued in the early 20th century and it is estimated that the cards were stamped in 1910. Most people are confident that the stamps mentioned above including the Toy Town stamp are period. I think that is the difference between the overprints mentioned above and the "Property of Wesley" or "RS" ownership stamps that are likely not to be period. Toy Town obviously was from a game and not a company trying to advertise it's product. IMO the way SGC notes the stamp is fine and creates no confusion about the technical grade of the card.