1968 Topps Nolan Ryan help
 

Hi,

I purchased this card a few months ago after reading as much as I could about the regular issue versus Milton Bradley issue of the 68 Topps set. I just was looking through my cards, and I started to question my thought process on this card. The card has a very thin white line on the left side with burlap on both sides of the line. Not the thick line that I have seen with the Milton Bradley issue. Everything else points that this is a regular issue card, in my opinion. What do you guys think? Regular or Milton Bradley? I appreciate your help.

Here are some contrasts from my MB set. Looks like yours could be an MB. We have the MB master collector here on board, goheels. He does not post much but you can pm him and ask him to take a look

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First, nice card! Second an honest question, PSA can’t tell them apart?

Yours looks to be the REGULAR version.
The Milton were a much brighter yellow back (based on my cards)
Here is a link of the 2 versions I once had:
http://www.net54baseball.com/showthr...ght=nolan+ryan

Not an MB
 

It's a regular card, not an MB. The white line is a little speckled in some places when you magnify it--this is a cut line and not an MB border. This card would have been the 4th row on a half sheet of 1968 cards--lines 5 through 8 (Ryan line) on top of lines 1 through 8 on that half sheet.

The back is typical goldenrod and a regular issue. 40% of MBs are a bright yellow color, and 60% are the color of French's mustard, but still yellow.

Carlton is the MB man :)

PSA gets these wrong or at least at some point got them wrong with regularity.
I believe the Ryan MB can have white borders on the top, left and right sides while the regular issue can have them on the top and left. Carlton helped me when I started on my MB set. As Al says, he is the expert if Carlton says its a regular issue, rest assured it is.

Yeah, flip the card over and put it next to a regular 1968 Topps card (be sure to find a 'regular' card with the standard orangey back, as there are random cards in other series that do have yellowy backs as well). The yellow backs of MB cards jump right out at you. It is unmistakeable.

Thanks!!