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Joe D.I find it interesting that most scraps (of similar nature) that I have seen come with the Sweet Caporal back.
I have seen some with other backs.... but the Sweet Cap is most common.
Quite possibly these scraps were part of the same print run.
For sure, they were sheets that were meant to be thrown out - but someone saved them from the trash-bin.
I also find it interesting that the Wagner card is Sweet Cap.
Could these scraps be brothers of the Wagner (on the same sheet / part of the same run)?
Could they be part of the 'halt the presses' - when they had to stop printing Wagners?
I would say it is completely impossible to prove such a notion....
but it is a fun hypotheses nonetheless.