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Posted By: J Levine

A little research...

L. Frank and Company was established in 1892 in New Orleans and operated at least until 1997. They are famous in the south for American Beauty Eggs and the motto "Everybody Loves a Good Egg."

It is not unreasonable that they produced a line of "tango" eggs that included cards. More than likely the cards were given to shop keepers who passed them out to customers.

The paper, ink, images, and company all point to an original issue.

As to finding them some 65 years later...I have no problem with that. There are some issues (including Pirate, Fan, etc.) that were found decades after the original release date.

There are many issues that method of distribution is unknown.

Joshua