1969 Mantle..Blue background

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Posted By: Paul Grubor

Is there a variation besides the white letters on the 1969 Mantle? I have 5 of the 1969's, and one of them has a blue background, and the other four don't. Can anyone shed any light on this card?

Thanks,

Paul

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Posted By: Wayne Grove

I have heard this question somewhere before, but have never seen the blue background card. Show us a scan along side the regular one please.

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Posted By: paul grubor

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Posted By: Paul S

I'm certain that Ted Z has posted his deep blue Mantle here before. Most likely he'll read this and reply.

You might also try the search function and see if you can pull it up.

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

Here's mine....I brought this subject up long time ago on this forun to see if anyone else had a 1969 Mantle
with this blue color background. And, no one responded. Thanks for finally seeing another one.

I didn't think that my Mantle was unique.

TED Z

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Posted By: paul grubor

Hey Ted, Yours sure is a deeper blue than mine. Anyway, I guess there are now a couple out there anyway. I'm keeping mine and handing it down to my kids. Who cares about the White letter Mantle when we have the tough blue variation. Thanks for responding so quick!

Paul

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Posted By: Ted Zanidakis

PAUL

I found my blue Mantle in a hobby shop back in 1987. It instantly caught my attention since I had never seen
one with this background color....and, until you postted yours, I had not seen one since.

Topps should have printed their last card of Mantle with this BLUE. It has a more striking appearance than the
faded gray color on the regular card of Mantle.

TED Z

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Posted By: boxingcardman

I have a few 1969s with the same issue. You can see it in the skin tones. Kind of like the 1962s or the 1952s with the funky coloring.

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