[toledo_mudhen]

I hang out quite a bit on the SGC board and have accumulated a bit of the history to SGC. It appears that they 1st opened their doors in April of 98.

The very 1st slab had only "SG" on the front of the flip and the back of the slab contained a gold foil emblem.

I believe this slab lasted for the less than 6 months or so and then the flip contained "SGC"

If you submitted in 98 then this is almost for sure one of the very 1st slabs of the new fledgling company.

I'm guessing that there was plenty of "working out the details" in that 1st year and it is possible the slab was one of those details.

I have tons of SGC slabs and have never had the same issue. I'm pretty sure that they would be more than willing to do a reslab for you - but you do have a bit of history there.