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Old 03-15-2020, 01:21 PM
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Michael G0nz@lez
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Originally Posted by Tom S. View Post
The lines and flower image on your card look like the bottom of a Sweet Caporal T206 card to me.

There was probably a SC T206 card stored on top of your card for quite a while, and during that time the red ink on the back of the T206 affected the gold gilding on the T205.

My thoughts anyway. Cool card none the less!
That’s a good theory.

If so, then those shapes between Gray’s portrait and his name could be from a T206 Sweet Cap overprint graphic. From the photo, they look similar with the swirls and wedges in that pattern.
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