net 54 type collection- PART 3

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Posted By: tbob

you are wrong, wrong, wrong on this one.

<<<I think scott, or someone else, pointed out before that proofs have very distinct things going on as far as how they look, printers marks, coloring, etc. These look like finish product.Jay>>>

Jay, do you remember the E96 Lajoie proof on ebay a while back? It was slabbed and graded by SGC and designated specifically an E96 Lajoie proof. It has the exact same finished coloration process as do the Davis, Chance and Kling and it also lacks the "cross-hair 'proof' markings" that you speak of. The proof itself is also on that very, very thin paper that is the type used on these 3 also.
I am not saying that SGC is the end all when it comes to determining what is and what is not a proof, but they graded this one and designated it as such.
I think everyone agrees by now that those cross-hair proof marks are not on every proof, although they show up on the T206s. I have two M116 proofs which do not have them and one was recently recognized and graded by either GAI or PSA (I forget which). The black and white E97s are also considered proofs and they don't have the cross-hairs.