It looks like there is a second crease on the same side, close to the top of Joss’ head.
Are the white spots in the yellow background paper loss or a printing defect? I often have a hard time telling from a scan of graded cards.
4 seems to be a very generous grade even before the standards shifted. I would grade it a G-VG in my catalog spreadsheet if it was my card, and expect PSA would give it a 2. However, it looks great and that it’s a 2-2.5 says more about how heavily the 10 point scale is weighted to the top end than it does the card. When 8-10 is almost or entirely arbitrary and appears the same, it forces an opposite situation at the bottom end.
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