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Jeff OThere is an N284 similar to this shown in Lipsets encyclopedia - page 43 (of the original), Figure 5. While it is a different player, it also has this printing on either side (probably on the sides as opposed to top/bottom because it is a horizontal pose).
Lipset also refers to Subset C within the set, and that "a large percentage of the blank back cards will be found to be in subset C, as are most of the cards taht are found with thick black advertising on the front."
This implies to me that there are multiple others known with this printing. I would hypothosize that they were cut from some kind of advertising/sample sheet or poster.
Jeff
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