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brian p I have never even come close owning or touching a Rose postcard, but because of the 138 pictured in the Classic Baseball Cards book I was able to make a couple of obversations about these Springfield versus the known cards.
1. Like Pete has stated,the photos on the known Rose cards all seem to touch the gold circular frame.
2. The print on the front, though similiar, is not exactly the same. These Springfield cards appear to have bolder lettering, and the font is slightly different (I noticed it especially on the capital 'W'--on the known copies the middle 'bars' cross significantly lower).
I like the theory that these were blanks that a fan produced--they look authentic enough.
Brian