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Posted By: MEWheat

I have 30-40 Goudey Wide Pens. The R-314 (the 314's with borders) seem to be made out of a different paper stock than the borderless lithos (R-314 B), which seems to be thinner and glossier. The R-314's with borders seem to retain more dirt and finger smudges on the reverse. It doesn't seem like your card is bleached, but I am not an expert. Just my impression. None of my cards exhibit the "bleaching" or peculiar wear patterns on your sample.

FYI, Tim Newcomb did an aricle in Old Cardboard #7 about this issue.