@sil, first welcome to CCF. Second, if you look on the rev between the letter P of EPU and the letter O of ONE, you will see where some of this glue has already flaked off because the surface toning abruptly changes from darker to lighter. I suspect that if you remove this glue, then there will be more of this dark/light patchiness to the reverse.
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