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Posted By: barrysloate

Jay- I figured that's what you meant by a variation.

The Hartford CdV has long been known with two backgrounds, the ornate one and the plain. I've never done a survey but they seem to appear with about equal frequency.

The one Heritage sold is of course the first issue, with the second having the background airbrushed out. If you look at the first version the players in the back row are blurry. My theory is the photographer tried to improve the clarity, and had to get rid of the background to accomplish this.