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TBob<<Also, claiming that no one else will ever find another one of these cards is rather bold. Jay>>>
That doesn't mean there isn't another out there, but the odds are that there isn't another one.
As far as evidence that the cards are proofs, what evidence is there that any card which you currently believe is a proof is actually a proof? The cross-hair markings? Not all proofs have these printer marks. The fact they are black and white as opposed to color? There are T206 proofs and everyone of them is in color. The blank backs? Handcut cards from poster boards have blank backs.
I think the strongest evidence that these are proof cards for a set which was never offered include: the fact all are hand cut; the fact they are on extremely thin paper, like the M116 and E97 proofs; the fact the team designations gives them a timeframe after the E95 and E96 cards were printed; the fact that the E96 Lajoie authenticated by SGC has the exact same coloration, paper thickness and quality, and lack of cross-hair printer proof marks as these 3; and the fact the artwork used is identical to the artwork used in the E95 and E96 set. There's evidence. As far as going through the files and notes and old papers of the Philadelphia Caramel Company of Camden, New Jersey, no I haven't done that, not have I interviewed the descendants of the men who printed the cards or made the decision.
There is more evidence that these cards ARE proofs than evidence they aren't. In fact there isn't any evidence that these cards are anything other than proofs. They belong to no known card set and the tissue paper thin paper does not logically correlate with any one producing these as artwork for notebokk covers, schedules, etc.