About a year or so ago I was looking for 1965 Topps variations (still am). I looked at all the pages in this thread over a period of a few days. It was really fun.

After I finished I realized I could do a search of just this thread for 1965 Topps. Glad I looked at everything though.

Al, your posts are always great and your collection is fantastic. Thanks for sharing it with us.

Mike

I would suggest one thing that might make it a bit easier to at least see if a variation has been listed earlier. Be sure to put the name of the card you are showing, not just "small green blotch below eye". I try and do this with all of my net 54 posts-- leave an identifier. When you go to google, type the name of the identifier and net54, and it should pull up a link. Obviously this doesn't help much for players with common names or superstars who have hundreds of related posts, but it can help. For example, Swarmee just posted a Bowman card of Lloyd Merriman. I googled Merriman net54 and the first link shown is the one he just posted, and the google listing said it was under "Show me your print variations" p. 55. Also worked for Beckert shown on the same page. You might have to sift through a few listings, but I have found it helpful many times on specific matters I know are buried somewhere on net54. Obviously this system would work best if everyone did it, but hey, baby steps.

Yep, that's why I like linking images from COMC. They contain the basic card information for reference.

I bought a small collection last week and it had these:

https://photos.imageevent.com/exhibi...ize/img292.jpg

Looks like Topps screwed up an entire 1986 update sheet and someone got a really crappy set out of it. Wish it had the Bo-Bonds-Canseco...

1963 Topps #242 Hank Aaron Ernie Banks Power Plus: recurring border break at top right corner.
https://d1w8cc2yygc27j.cloudfront.ne...4982751643.jpg
https://d1w8cc2yygc27j.cloudfront.ne...7226960183.jpg

Probably already mentioned, but the recurring black print mark seen on bottom edge of the #242 card lines up with the black mark on the bottom edge of the 1963 Topps #224 Roarke card.

I was not aware of that; so it's a double recurring print defect. Which means there is another variation:
https://img.comc.com/i/Baseball/1963...&size=original
1963 Topps - [Base] #242 - Power Plus (Ernie Banks, Hank Aaron)
Courtesy of COMC.com

Black mark at bottom with no border break. But the card needs to be nearly miscut to see it.

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Ok, I found a few more back leaks. Not mine, pictures from eBay. Anybody know of anymore?

Thanks for the variations. Two more to look for.

Here are the blue bleeds I have in my collection:

104 Checklist 2 - blue bleed top border

118 Hal Lanier - Blue bleed into left side stat box

119 John Kennedy - Blue bleeds into cartoon faces and first letters of name

154 Bob Humphreys - blue bleed into initials and cartoon on back

189 Checklist 3 - blue bleed top border

215 Pete Ward - Blue bleed in left side stat box

273 Checklist 4 - blue bleed top border

323 Hank Bauer - Blue bleed in number circle

361 Checklist 5 – blue bleed top border

428 Bob Shaw - White blob by right ear and blue bleed in S in name and cartoon

478 Wilbur Wood - blue bleed top of stat box and right corners

531 - Chuck Hiller – various blue bleeds in cartoon and stat box

598 Al Downing - Blue bleed though D in name on reverse

Mike

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1965 Topps 531 hiller has different variations