Bob is useful now and then

That's very strange!

For the early printing done from stones they erased them and reused them, but I'm having a hard time seeing how the coated aluminum plates used in the 60's-70's could have been resurfaced or rexposed to make a different plate.

I wonder if they were using old partly printed sheets somewhere in the production process.
Or maybe using a blanket that was so worn the image was still there, worn into it from a previous job?

Or..... just maybe they used old plates for the glosscoat?

(This may now be common as the presses make the plate digitally without needing to mount a new one)

Very similar error to what happened with Magic: The Gathering card game 20 years ago.
https://www.misprintedmtg.com/peanuts

I've been looking for this Kaline Band Aid card on and off for a few years since learning about it on Net54. It showed up on ebay a few days ago for a really good price. Excited to get it.

I don't remember hearing about this card back in the day (collecting in the 1970s/1980s), when it seemed like there was lots of attention on error cards. Was this card well-known/collected for years? Or did it only more recently get attention?

Thanks for the Coleman scan and glad you found the Lopes blue splatter too. Now my quest for the Coleman begins.

Beautiful card which looks great for the listed grade. Can't believe it didn't at least get the half grade bump for solid centering.

Like many variations the first I heard about it was from an eBay seller, on this one I'm guessing 7-10 years ago. I saw his listing and was skeptical until I saw the scan and was instantly convinced it was a legit variation. Hopefully Darren (JollyElm) can recall when and how he found out about the 73 Topps Kaline Band-Aid variation.

As a variation nut, I actually 'discovered' this one on my own a long time ago, sometime in the earlier 90's IIRC? Never heard of it (and I'm sure someone out there before me can claim the actual discovery as their own), but found/noticed one (among multiple Kalines) inside the huge box of 1973's my brothers and I had amassed, and I've been looking for them ever since. Sold a couple at healthy prices, and interest seems to be skyrocketing.

I will point out this card is cursed!! Seemingly every time I put one of mine out there for trade or sale, some sc_mbag comes out of woodwork trying to take it off of my hands for nothing. All they see are dollar signs and nothing else matters. They usually take the exact same approach, from pretending their interest is tepid by saying they 'might' be interested in the card, to pretending it's not worth anything by saying, "You know, elm, you and I are probably the only ones who collect this guy," to offering me nothing but crap for it, to spewing out the hatred when I don't fall for their obvious BS. It's like they're reading from the same script. They want the card and it doesn't matter one bit that I don't want (can't use, etc.) what they insist I take for it. I just laugh and think, "What the hell is wrong with these people??!!" Sorry for the rant, but this card is just a grief maker!! Whenever I get a PM with the subject line being "1973 Kaline," I just think, "Crap, here we go again!!"

Hopefully, your results will vary. :rolleyes:

Thanks, guys. The card is much nicer that I had expected to find and will hang out on a shelf with my other favorite error/variation (1989 Fleer Randy Johnson(s)). I'm also pennant collector and I do collect pennant errors/variations. Hopefully I don't taint this card thread by posting one pennant here.

Very nice card. Most are way off center.