Yeah, and I see why they do it that way, because we can't ever know with 100% certainty that it was never printed. However, in practice we can assume that one almost certainly doesn't exist. Just like a Sov350 Elberfeld Portrait Washington almost certainly doesn't exist and a SC 350/25 Elberfeld NY almost certainly doesn't exist. The only two backs that share Elberfeld NY & Elberfeld Port Wash are Piedmont 350 and SC 350/30. It kind of makes sense too as those two backs were printed in larger quantities than SC 350/25, Sov350 and Old Mill.
Magee is a different case because there are a handful floating out there. There have certainly been some collectors who have known that card exists (at least the guys who owned them). And card target has sales of the two PSA copies that Pat showed. With Elberfeld NY Old Mill, no one has seen it and most Old Mill collectors don't expect it to exist because it doesn't fit the pattern.
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