Is this 1963 Bazooka Spahn authentic?

[Spike]

I just received this 1963 Bazooka Spahn and am concerned about the odd printing quality around the numbers.

Knowing the set was faked (often in FGA slabs) several years ago, I wonder if this is one of them. I purchased it from a reputable dealer and the paper looks OK, but it's not the hardest set to tackle and not every dealer knows fakes well. What do you all think?

[fkw]

Sorry I dont know the answer to your question.

But I was going through some oddball stuff last night and came across an aluminum printing plate from the 1962 set showing Spahn in middle.

In case you wanted to see what one looks like

[Spike]

Thanks for posting, that's a cool find! It looks a 1962 Bazooka panel of Earl Battey, Spahn, and Lee Thomas. How did you come by something like that?

[ChiefBenderForever]

I think it looks good, don't think it is fake.

[smtjoy]

I am not sure too hard to tell from scan. I had a Drysdale and it was really hard to tell but the cardboard was slightly different color than orginals and the printing looked a bit off. I really didnt notice the issues till after PSA rejected it as fake.

So beware it is possible thats it's fake.

[Bob Lemke]

from the small scan, but all of the circa 2003 fakes had full corners on the dotted lines.

[Coimbre21]

Great posts here. Adding to this cold but important thread, under magnification fakes are also noted for having print dots in the white borders and the white area around the name. Authentic cards are clean white with no dots. Thanks to Andy Broome over at Beckett grading for providing this key piece of information.