1. a) Grade reductions: For SGC, I haven't seen them reduce a grade because of the tax stamp. They designate "Stamped back" on each respective example. I now believe PSA is doing the same thing, but I do not believe that was always the case. I recently sent in 70 to be graded by PSA and they returned with "Stamped Back" designations. Also, for the examples that only had a "tax stamp", they did not assign the card with a MK qualification.
b) Price reduction: I have not seen a price reduction for any of the tax stamped backs. I had a few cards that had a MK qualifier because of an "Edward Morrison" stamp that appeared to be done at the same time as the tax stamp. I priced those a little lower, but they've still been selling. If the example is just a "Stamped Back" with no MK, there will be no premium, but there will also most likely be no hit. This is probably because the stamp is so common that collectors of the set do not care, and may even look for examples all with stamped backs.
2) I think there are many examples to choose from with regard to the most visually appealing. It's all about personal preference.
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Looking for: T205 Cubs in AB, Cycle, Sov, HLC. & E91A Cubs, T206 Cubs master set, T3 Cubs
Last edited by npa589; 06-02-2012 at 09:22 AM.
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