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Posted By: davidcycleback

Interestingly, Goudey and Delong Gum companies were based in Boston and National Chicle in Cambridge. Perhaps Metropolitan Boston was the world gum mecca. If it can be established that there was a New England Gum Company, or at least spin off brand name, in Cambridge, that would help establish the legitimacy of the card. It would rule out that some faker made up an imaginary company name to stamp on back. If it is discovered that the company existed, the name is so obscure it would be hard to believe that stamp is anything but genuine. In practice, forgers don't use real names no one has heard of, as that's a pointless exersize. They make up imaginary names that sound good or 'borrow' names collectors are familiar with. More often than not, they opt to use the familiar real names (Old Judge, Goudey, Topps, Charles Conlon, Goodwin & Co., etc)