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Originally Posted by JollyElm
I'm sure their printing deadlines were very tight back then, needing to get the thing done and out before moving on to the next endeavor. They probably didn't have the luxury of waiting another week to finish up...much to our dismay decades later.
Your Doyle/Mason conundrum reminds me of how Topps treated the Jim Fregosi/Nolan Ryan trade in the 1972 set. Fregosi had his regular card and received a 'coveted' Traded card in the high series, while The Ryan Express only appeared once, as an airbrushed member of his new team, the California Angels, in the regular set. A real shame.
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Fregosi was a 1st series card. Nolan Ryan was a 5th series card. The traded cards were 6th series. In fact, 5 of the 7 traded cards were 1st series cards with only McLain (2nd series) and Carlton (4th series) coming later. You also have to look at when these trades occurred. Most happened between Nov 29 and Dec 10, so by then the 1st series must have been too far a long to get players on their new teams. the McLain trade (Mar 4) and Carlton trade (Feb 28) were even later, so by the end of Feb., Topps must have been too far along with the first 4 series. Ryan was traded on Dec. 10, so being 5th series that would have been enough time to get him on the right team. The 6th series was late enough to catch McLain getting traded on March 4.