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Posted By: leon

My initial thought, and belief, is that these are vintage reprints cut from a reprinted ad piece. They do have something like a gloss on the front, not the back, and it DOESN'T look uneven as it should. The paper doesn't feel "smooth" enough to be 80'ish years old either. I am going to take them home this evening and have these in one hand and a real one along side and then render a final verdict. (not that I am an expert). I spoke with Jon again and he reiterated that he would never intentionally mislead someone and from all of the evidence with these cards it was compelling. My guess is that the envelope, from '27-'28, had real cards in it, as stated, and then were sold and replaced by these somewhere along the way. Folks should not rush to judge ebayers without all of the facts. Just as Jon is doing, if I made/make a mistake, I will take care of it ....regards