This is NOT an old mill BROWN back

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Posted By: Scott Forrest

I understand why the seller thinks it is brown. I once purchased a large collection of Old Mill backs, and a few of them, while not brown, were a distinctly different ink color from the normal black - they were NOT washed out, but rather seemed to have some brown in the ink.

Since then, I have seen a real brown Old Mill, and they are very distinct - they are as brown as a brown Hindu. But the ones I had were definitely not "light black".