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Old 05-15-2018, 11:36 AM
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Get a very strong magnifying glass or handheld microscope (cheap on eBay) of 20x or more power and examine the printing. If the lettering and printed graphics have a dark rim around the edges, it is the type of old time printing they would have used and consistent with it being original.

The rim is from how the old technology pressed the ink into the paper, pushing it out to the edges so it's darker there.

If you post really close up scans, I can often see it in an online photo.

I can often identify the printing (modern or old) from a really big, quality scan-- but lots of people are unable to supply them for whatever reason. Small and out of focus pics do no good.

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