A long time collector (have not seen him post here though) recently pointed this print variation out to me. On the back of the 67 Topps #15 Battey card the bottom most line below the stats is either unbroken or has a small break on it. In quickly looking through DC and COMC at the backs it appears that about for every copy with the line unbroken, there are three copies with the small break.

That's a really cool line break. Not so much for the break, but for the unbroken line being a repair. You can see where the break was the line is a bit thick and uneven. That's probably from the press operator fixing it by scratching the missing section into the plate. There just might be normal ones with a nice even line if more than one plate was used.

Steve B

Steve, to me the unevenness of the repair is more obvious in hand than in the scan....out of the 20+ copies I viewed with the "repaired" line, they all appear quite similar, a bit thick and uneven. It would be nice to have a "more cleanly repaired line" variation to chase also.

Battey
 

I heard about this one some time back. I bought one from someone selling it as a variant on ebay

Not sure if I have seen this variation mentioned here before or not, but I came across two 66 522 Linz cards on ebay that have a white slash that runs from his upper back to the right edge of card. Appears to be a low pct of cards that have the white slash. Anyone else have one?

Update: as I typed this, a third copy with the white slash was just listed on ebay.

Found this 67 #195 card with a border break on the right edge....have not seen this print variation before.

Jackson
 

saved,
I have one of those '67 Jacksons and the reverse is an upside down #178 Buzhardt, wonder if yours is likewise.
brightair

ps
 

have been adding some 1967 common variations lately on my lists and will be adding several more next week.
brightair

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Hi Richard, that incorrect, reversed back would be a nice additional twist to this print variation....unfortunately, my copy has the correct back. Also, thank you for maintaining your (ever growing) list....I look through it daily it seems.

I have not seen this HOF print variation mentioned before....72 Cepeda has a recurring break in the inner right border. There are at least 10 (of a 100 or so) copies on ebay with this border break.