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Posted By: robert a

Many caramels exhibit staining that suggests the cards were packaged with direct contact to the candy.

I believe that some packages were messier than others. Perhaps they were exposed to a bit more heat.

Any any rate, you can see blotches on particular issues that look like individual smaller pieces of candy melted onto the cards.

I don't believe E90-1, E90-2, and E90-3 were packaged with direct contact to the candy.

E95, E96, E94, and E98 were packaged with candy.
E98's are often found with bright red/orange colored stains on them, rather than brown, caramel stains.

I believe that many issues that were packaged directly with candy were inserted so that the candy would mainly touch the back of the cards.