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[Leon]

There are a few other ways scammers are doing their deeds which hopefully will come out soon. I have in my possession the only fake e94 overprint I am aware of. It was cracked out of an SGC holder after the fact. This was from years ago. I would say we need to be more vigilant than ever today. From my perspective I see issues surrounding T206s more than anything, but all cards, fronts and/or backs can be altered and/or faked...Caveat Emptor....

Originally Posted by arcadekrazy

Peter - yes that is a valid point. I would imagine it wouldn't be overly difficult to fake a stamp such as this - perhaps formulating the ink would be the toughest part. But then again, it's probably not worth the effort and expense - I mean realistically how many of these things could you churn out before negatively impacting the price? Same with the e94 overprints.

I think that the toy town stamp held a certain je ne sais quoi because of its association with t206. I find the toy town stamp more of a curiosity, and would not pay a premium to obtain an example. The e94 and old put stamps, as well as niagra baking and Alden candy and their ilk were placed on the card by a purveyor of goods in order to facilitate sales, toy town never was....whether this was done contemporaneously with the card's issuance, shortly thereafter or later in life - well, I think that information has been lost to the sands of time, much like tears in rain. And if you see a c-beam glittering in the dark at the tannhauser gate........

[arcadekrazy]

Originally Posted by Leon

There are a few other ways scammers are doing their deeds which hopefully will come out soon. ....

That sounds juicy. Always curious to learn of new ways people try and scam the collecting world...And yes, T206 makes sense - highly liquid, large volume of cards available, popular, lots of money sloshing around them....Thinking too hard about this sometimes takes the joy out of it all.