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Scott MosleyI was just curious what collectors like yourself would consider "authentic" boxes.
In the case of the ones in my collection, they were used over the decades as storage for various tobacco and even caramel cards down through the years until we obtained them so the boxes were opened, closed and reopened undoubtably many times.
With all of that use, very few of the boxes that I have still have the middle portion of the tax stamp remaining attached to the slide shell.
I understand where you say that would be cause for suspecion but I would also expect that it is quite common since the stamp had to be broken for the slide shell to open and shut.
Thanks for your response to my post!
Scott