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Originally Posted by thatkidfromjerrymaguire
Just based on price guide quotes for wrapper value, it appears that the one cent wrappers are more scarce than the five cent wrappers. So, although I would assume that every card in the once cent wrapper could have staining, there still leaves a mystery as to why so many cards are stained...since only 20% of the cards in the five card packs would have been directly in contact with the back of the back.
And I don't think I've seen any cards with noticeable gum stains on the front...so that wax paper must have worked 
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Right, John. The stains seem to me more like some really oily liquid, not so much from gum or wax. I wonder if Bowman had a press mechanic come in and oil up the machinery a little too much just before the press run in '52.