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BURNS TOMMY: (1881-1955) Canadian boxer, World Heavyweight Champion 1906-08. An excellent vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Burns standing in a full-length boxing pose. Signed ( ´Yours truly, Tommy Burns´) in bold black fountain pen ink by Burns to the image. One small, light stain to the upper right corner of the image, otherwise VG

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BURNS TOMMY: (1881-1955) Canadian boxer, World Heavyweight Champion 1906-08. An excellent vintage signed sepia postcard photograph of Burns standing in a full-length boxing pose. Signed ( ´Yours truly, Tommy Burns´) in bold black fountain pen ink by Burns to the image. One small, light stain to the upper right corner of the image, otherwise VG

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