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Mine also have blue tartan backs and one of the extra cards is blank, the other printed.
I think it depends on how you define "laminated." People mean different things when they say laminated. All the Waite-Smith decks I've seen from the early 80s, with the exception of the one I mentioned in my previous post (it looks and feels completely unfinished) seem to have a finish though I would stop short of calling it lamination. It's more of a waxy feel than plastic. Moving into the 90s the finish starts looking and feeling more like plastic.
I think it depends on how you define "laminated." People mean different things when they say laminated. All the Waite-Smith decks I've seen from the early 80s, with the exception of the one I mentioned in my previous post (it looks and feels completely unfinished) seem to have a finish though I would stop short of calling it lamination. It's more of a waxy feel than plastic. Moving into the 90s the finish starts looking and feeling more like plastic.