Hard to say about the three on ebay now — and there is another along with them… MP Transportation Co for Harlingen TX. I think some of these have been cleaned, either chemically or in an ultrasonic cleaner, or both. All of these came from the Egan collection, and unfortunately, the MoPac dies are among the newest looking. If they are reproduction, they are to the exact MP specifications, everything matching dies known to be legitimate in terms of font size, etc. We don’t seem to have much information on how dies were ordered by the railroad… one die at a time, or an entire group, and whether spare dies would have been kept on hand anywhere. Information from an experienced die collector would be appreciated.

Bill Pollard