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BobI would echo Scott B.'s sentiment that he has never seen a framed back which appeared hand-cut. I concur. I believe all non-frameline backs to be hand cut even though a handful have found their way in to SGC and PSA holders as apparently untrimmed. I have no way of knowing if these hand cut cards were released for distribution as Scott believes. My experience is that every non-framelined back 1909 Obak I have submitted was bounced back as trimmed and yet I have purchased a handful on ebay in SGC and PSA holders which made it. My only guess is that someone out there can do a damn fine job of trimming up borders to get past the grading companies.
The blank backed appears to be either scrap or possibly cut from a poster. I have M116s, T205s, T206s and T207s in my collection which are all blank backed and I believe all of them to be cut from posters because of the irregular borders, and not scrap.