Posted By:
Rhett YeakleyBrian,
I have seen at least one card that was a genuine "yellow border" (it did look just like yours, just slightly yellower), it was sold several years ago on ebay, it along with around 100 t206 and a handful (5-10 of them) of t210 red borders (all series 3) were all pasted onto a large piece of wood around the time of issue. The yellow border (Thebo) was in the middle of the piece, and actually wasn't even mentioned as being anything out of the ordinary. All other 3rd series cards on the piece were "normal". It was obvious the cards were pasted on the board as a "period" piece as on one of the borders the entire piece was cut and all cards on that border were cut in half and one of the cut cards was a green background Cobb.
I don't know if using bleach or Oxyclean would have that result on the surrounding border (would be a good experiment for someone to do on a real beater). Also I don't think the sun would affect only the red pigment and leave the yellow completely undamaged, or cause the red to turn into a bright shade of yellow/orange-- seems like it would cause there to be a dull color not one that bright. A lot more skepticism here than I had originally thought when I saw the post. I think the reason there is doubt on this one is due to the wear/damage to the face of the card. However, as stated earlier there was at least one I have seen that was legit and had a complete undamaged picture on it.
-Rhett