[nolemmings]

I wasn't suggesting your card was not real. I just have a higher comfort level that a card is legit if it is printed. It would not take much effort at all to create some sort of stamp with a simple slogan and apply it to a blank-backed card. We can argue over whether period inks and such would then come into play, but it would surely be easier to come up with a stamp than to set a print press.

I understand your point about the likely legitimacy of stamped cards, but I do not agree that 99.999% of all stamped cards are legit; after all, that's one fake out of every 100,000 cards. It would not have to be greed driven either. Take an old company stamp, for instance, and just apply it to a low dollar card. You see it as what have you got to gain, but it might also be seen as what have you got to lose.

Again, not trying to cause a ruckus, I just think it reflects a more serious and deliberate effort by the advertiser if he goes to the trouble of having the cards printed rather than stamped.