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Old 01-28-2022, 11:24 PM
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Originally Posted by Cliff Bowman View Post
It looks like a kid had possession of them at the beginning, some are crudely handcut and a couple have the teams crossed out apparently because the players changed teams a year or two later. ETA, I wonder if the same kid got hold of a blue magic marker and wiped out Cincinnati Reds and their team logo on the Tony González card after he was traded from the Reds to the Phillies mid season 1960, the extra blue was crudely done and extends past the border lines.
Cliff: These are all blank back proofs. I doubt any kid got a hold of them unless someone from the printer liberated them from the printing plant. Agree they are crudely cut, but the Gonzalez card you note is not hand down rather the extra blue is printed.
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