It would be highly unusual for the original tag to follow a re-strike IMO, and that appears to be an original c. 1927 era tag to me.
I've seen plenty of vintage press photos with original tags and missing stamps. Plenty of vintage press photos with stamps and missing tags. I've seen tags placed on the backs of plenty of Type III style photos (usually sound or Tele photos).
Don't recall ever seeing an old tag on a new photo before. It's obvious this photo has been passed down for several uses through the years
Also, no way you could tell that was a re-strike from the photo up on Heritage, unless you were taking the description of the stamps on the back from the text of the listing and jumping to assumptions.
Not having it in hand to see the texture of the photo itself, I'd trust Scott on this one.
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