Speak of the devil: http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3068517692 The only other NOs-96736 I've seen with the date defaced was also "nipped" like this. I wish I could examine the tag closely, but from what can be told in the photo, it does not appear to have been an "in the field" job. That looks factory. The plot thick-nin-nins.....