now that we know the card is wider than it should be, it seems like the faint lines on the left and right could be the faint lines of the edges of an original card that got scanned.
but if it was scanned from a real sticker, then the lines of the die cuts should be visible too - and they aren't
bizarre that this is on tan back sticker stock.
I pulled out a regular JerkyFruits from my collection and it is not perfectly rectangular either! It's almost 0.1" "taller" on the right side (I included a picture below), so I don't think this is terribly uncommon.
I have a SlayTex I was dealing with just the other day that has to be the weirdest cut Wacky I have ever seen. It has one-and-a-half copyrights on it, plus part of the card above it, plus some of those printing marks (looks like a series of - marks), but the later two are only in the upper left corner -- it's basically shaped like the upper-left of the card was stretched wider and taller. I was dealing with it because it will
not fit into a standard card holder box, not even close. These "curved" cuts look like they were done wish scissors, but my wife and I are theorizing it's due to "dull blades" or other printer errors. Here it is for kicks (and note it is 3.6" tall!):
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Now back to JerkyFruits. The more I look at this card the more it looks genuine to me. It is definitely 40+ years old. I'm dying to hear back from the seller now to confirm some of its history, but in the meantime, here are a few more snapshots as requested...
Peeling the back off (had to use an Exacto knife to get it started):
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Looking at the tan back with the card peeled a bit so you can see it. I noticed this sticker had definitely never been separated from the backing - it was extremely clean and once pressed back together was just as hard to get apart!
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Pulled out a non-error JerkyFruits from my collection. Was surprised to see two things: (1) The bottom also exhibited the "curved cut" such that the card is slightly taller on the right than the left; (2) The non-error card has the same "gap" pattern in the color vs. black printing I noticed on Greg's picture:
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Here is the card next to the non-error card. I tried to get the light to reflect off the error card so we could see the no-die-cut. The black outline of the lettering in JerkyFruits is slightly thicker when compared side-by-side -- and maybe it's just my imagination, but it seems like the black everywhere is slightly blacker/thicker (when I go back and forth looking at the spare tire, the outline of the lettering, and the right black borders of the cards):
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Lastly, a back comparison. The error card is slightly darker, and I actually had to double-check to be sure there wasn't a WonderBread/etc. JerkyFruits when I saw those little stain marks:
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