The bleeding in the ink is a giveaway. Postal cards are cardstock which is a harder paper. When it is signed with a fountain pen around the time it was manufactured you would not get that type of bleeding. The paper will soften over time and then you get these results when you try to sign it with a steel tip pen or flair. This may be signed with either a fountain pen or an artist dip pen. Both have nibs with the split in them which you can see in the signature. You can find these older 1¢, 2¢ and 3¢ postal cards at stamp shows on on ebay for pennies. Some people are using these for TTM to current athletes probably thinking it makes them more valuable.
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Last edited by Michael B; 12-16-2022 at 10:36 PM.
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