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jay behrensremoving tape from a card is going to leave some kind of mark, whether it is loss of paper, adhesive stain, etc. As long as it has not been trimmed or changed from it's original state, then it should graded the same as a card removed from scrap book or that has gum or wax stains.
To me, an altered card is a card that someone changed in some way in order to make the card seem better than it really is. Removing tape or removing a card from a scrap book would not be a altered card but merely a damaged card that should be graded appropriately.
Jay