Upgrade question on older CS2 suite/Photoshop

I recently bought a sealed Adobe CS2 Creative Suite Premium upgrade, Adobe P/N 28040331. On the outside of the package it says it will upgrade to the CS2 Suite if one is "a licensed user of Adobe Photoshop CS or an earlier version."
I own licenses for Photoshop 3, 5, 5.5, and CS2.
Will this CS2 Creative Suite Premium upgrade work with my Photoshop 5.5 serial number? After all, it is an "earlier version." I recall that this was a special promotion type of thing. But I don't want to open the package if it won't work. I bought it because it would be nice to have the CS2 suite on my second laptop as a backup.
TIA for you help!

If it's a legitimate version of CS2, yes.
Bob

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>>> Scott Falkner <[email protected]> 10/27/2009 3:55:44 PM >>>
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