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Mike M. Apparently, there's an "unopened" Cycle pack on ebay. Collectors should be aware of its authenicity. The "rice paper" definitely doesn't seen right and I strongly believe "someone" actually wrap this pack by wax paper and then made the paper looks old. There are two wrinkles on the back of the pack (one on the bottom left corner of the tax stamp, one on the dress of the woman), such wrinkles would only be caused by sharp bending on the wax paper itself. You can also found a lot of those wrinkles on the side of the pack as well. Moreover, the "whitening" touches on the corners don't look right at all. If that pack was wrapped by the original rice paper, such corner touching damages would actually tear/break the fragile rice paper instead of showing "white" in color. In additon, the edges of the wrapper looks too "white" and seen to be "fresh" cut which doesn't match the rest of the articifial colored wax paper.
The seller has long history of selling 30's Sweet Caporal pack and claim as "T206 era" packs. He recently sold an partially "unopened" Piedmont pack with a 1909 tax stamp with black ink overstamp. In fact, "someone" rubbed out the last two digital of the year of that black ink stamp then the seller just simply claim it as 1909 pack.