How can 1962 willow mays have two different cut lines on the bottom??….cliff have you ever lined willie up with everyone else to see if others have the same lines??

The varying cut lines exist on, I think, every card in most of the series. 62, 70, there’s a couple years like this.

That isn't a cut line on the bottom of the 1962 Willie Mays, that is how Topps wedded together rows with different wood grain patterns in 1962. This Banks is an example of a card with a different wood grain pattern above it.

I had pictures of other 1962 Mays’s with a really thick black line, but this site just never lets my pictures through

Got Mr. Aaron IA with the line across the knee in the mail today.

Another one for the 72 set.

Good to know, I’ve been calling them cut lines for years because they are common in other Topps sets where there is no border change or texture.

I think Darren outed the 72 Aaron

I only knew about it from him. Props to Darren, I own one now.

B.T.

That is true...however, I was quickly informed that someone already had it included on their on-line variations list...so my discovery gets an asterisk.

1975 Topps Checklist #464
 

I have not seen this posted anywhere within this thread or anywhere else I have looked into on this site.

I believe this to be a variation of the Topps 75 Checklist #646. There is a blue streak that goes from just under the "C" in the word "Cards" at the top left of the card down to the right side of the number 534 in the checklist area.

This is repeatable, I have two of them now and I have seen them listed on eBay as well as COMC but they are not easy to come by. Some that I have seen are badly miscut or the check boxes are filled in. Regardless, they are out there to be found.

Not sure if anyone else may have one but here it is for your review.

Cheers,

Butch

Second picture shows both of them in a side-by-side view.

NOTE: This also appears in the mini set as well. There is a mini example now on COMC.