If you're more of a CARD buyer than a card label buyer, this may be the Pelé rookie card that you've been looking for.

I've owned a PSA 8 of this card that could not even come at ALL close to comparing to this card .

I submitted this card raw, and careful examination revealed NO paper loss, surface flaws, wrinkles, stains, or any other issues worthy of being mentioned.

I had assumed that this card was minimally an 8, but I had high hopes that it would get a Mint 9 grade.

If you opt to own what's probably the finest looking example of this card,  and after your careful examination, you've even a vague guess as to why this card wasn't graded more than twice this grade, please let me know....

I only have a little over 40 years of full-time vintage card dealing experience.