In those days Topps used whatever stock was available during a series, and sometimes used different stocks in the same series. That happened in several years including 1952, 1954, 1956, 1959 and 1960. Some collect both stocks as being part of a super master set, some collect all one stock for uniformity sake, and some mixed, caring more about fronts. I do not think either gray or white is considered base but if having one type appeals to you agree with suggestion above that it may be easier and cheaper to go gray. But I think a mixed set is still a set
Someone mentioned the Williams card having line variations. Many of the cards in the set have printing offsets that result in such lines, including the Williams. They are interesting print defects that impact many cards in the set, but if you are avoiding 1962 green tints, run as fast as possible from the 56 line differences :-)
Good luck on the set
Last edited by ALR-bishop; 02-02-2018 at 07:08 AM.
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