It was Randy Root and he had a stamp made that said "Randy Root Card Collection." It's not uncommon to see similar stamps on old cards or even handwriting of someone's name to identify ownership. This one is a little neat since it is so straightforward with saying it belonged to him and was in his collection. Sometimes you can do a little research on these people and maybe get a good idea of who they were. There are people that like to find as many as they can from one old collection and reassemble it as much as they can. Others find them interesting and will collect a variety of different stamps. Randy probably didn't have that many cards or you would be able to find others in searches. It's an interesting curiosity of card collecting history to a time where people worried less about value and more about collecting.
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