Oh man, that's going to be tough on a couple of levels. First, the hard crusty tape that has solidified over the 70+ years since it was applied will not react the same as tape that was applied yesterday. Think of it like a freshly cracked egg that you could wipe most of it off with relative ease vs. one that has set up and baked onto the surface so that it is now much harder to remove.
Secondly, Burke prints of that sort generally have a "silk" finish that is closer to raw paper than your typical photo paper with the gelatin layer on top. Meaning you have no gelatin layer to act as a buffer between whatever you're doing to the surface and the image itself.
I wish I had an easy answer for you. I'm sure it's something that a paper conservator could tackle, and maybe others here will have some advice as well. As suggested though, I would definitely test out whatever you use on another print of a similar nature first, and I'm not sure how the image will react to various chemicals being applied without that protective emulsion layer. I don't think it's going to be as easy as getting a price sticker off a new action figure package though.
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