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Dumb tubular tire question

I bought a used road bike. I removed the tires. To my surprise, the tubes were glued (sewn?) to the tires.

The tires are Continental Ultra-Sport 700x23. They were NOT glued to the rims (ALX-220's). The tubes have "Kenda 700x18/25" (or something like that) printing on them.

The tires and rims are NOT high-end, of course. I did a little Googling, and could find nothing about a tubular ALX-220 or Conti Ultra-Sport, only clincher. And, I mounted my preferred clincher tires on the rims, which I presume I wouldn't have been able to do if the rims were for tubular tires.

What do I have here, someone's home-made tubulars?
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